Woods enters two more PGA events
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April 23, 2010, Friday
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TIGER Woods on Wednesday added two more tournaments to a schedule that is not much different from previous years except for the timing.
Woods entered The Players Championship and the AT&T National, which benefits his foundation.
It was the second straight week that Woods made an early commitment to a PGA Tour event, allowing for more time to promote his appearance. For years, the world's No. 1 player waited until the last few days before signing up.
Last week, Woods beat the deadline by eight days for entering the Quail Hollow Championship in Charlotte, North Carolina, which starts on April 29. He signed up for The Players Championship, which starts on May 6, nine days ahead of the deadline.
The Players Championship, widely considered golf's unofficial fifth major, will be held at the TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, where Woods won the title in 2001.
Woods no longer is the host of the AT&T National, which will be held over the Fourth of July weekend at Aronomink outside Philadelphia. It had been played the last three years outside of Washington at Congressional, which will host the US Open next year.
Woods missed five months while caught in a sex scandal that shattered his image and cost him three major endorsements. He returned at the US Masters, where he tied for fourth.
Meanwhile, Ian Poulter and Steve Stricker have pulled out of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans.
Poulter, the sixth-ranked player in the world, withdrew on Wednesday because of an injury to his left knee, while Stricker has an injured collarbone.
The injuries cost the tournament its two top-ranked players.
Poulter will be replaced in the field by Mark Hensby, while PGA veteran Billy Mayfair will take over for Stricker.
Woods entered The Players Championship and the AT&T National, which benefits his foundation.
It was the second straight week that Woods made an early commitment to a PGA Tour event, allowing for more time to promote his appearance. For years, the world's No. 1 player waited until the last few days before signing up.
Last week, Woods beat the deadline by eight days for entering the Quail Hollow Championship in Charlotte, North Carolina, which starts on April 29. He signed up for The Players Championship, which starts on May 6, nine days ahead of the deadline.
The Players Championship, widely considered golf's unofficial fifth major, will be held at the TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, where Woods won the title in 2001.
Woods no longer is the host of the AT&T National, which will be held over the Fourth of July weekend at Aronomink outside Philadelphia. It had been played the last three years outside of Washington at Congressional, which will host the US Open next year.
Woods missed five months while caught in a sex scandal that shattered his image and cost him three major endorsements. He returned at the US Masters, where he tied for fourth.
Meanwhile, Ian Poulter and Steve Stricker have pulled out of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans.
Poulter, the sixth-ranked player in the world, withdrew on Wednesday because of an injury to his left knee, while Stricker has an injured collarbone.
The injuries cost the tournament its two top-ranked players.
Poulter will be replaced in the field by Mark Hensby, while PGA veteran Billy Mayfair will take over for Stricker.
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