After the announcement by the PGA of America of Phil Mickelson’s resignation to defend his title won last year at the PGA Championship, the arrival of Tiger Woods to the city of Tulsa in Oklahoma for the second major of the season was eagerly awaited.
A fact that has occurred this afternoon when the private plane of the 15 times Major champion, four of them in this US PGA. This will be the twenty-first time that the Californian takes part in this event in which he has, in addition to those four victories, five other Top 10, three of them runner-ups.
It is Tiger’s second participation in 2022.
The 104th edition of the PGA Championship will be played once again at the Southern Hills course located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and several stories surround the second major of 2022. Some refer to the championship and its participants, others have more to do with the conflict between the PGA Tour and the new league financed by Arab capital.
It will be Woods’ second appearance this year: his appearance in the 2022 PGA calendar was precisely in the first Grand Slam, the Masters at Augusta (Georgia), where he finished 47th with +13. The champion was the local Scottie Scheffler (-10).
How Tiger arrives at the tournament
If you are wondering how Tiger arrives at the PGA Championship, the answer is that we don’t know much. His comeback in the “Masters week” was better than many predicted and a month later his leg should be a little better.
Southern Hills is a course with level changes where his leg will again be put to the test, but nothing as demanding as Augusta. A course that tests all aspects of the game, it is perhaps one of the most underrated courses by the general public. Tiger Woods will be the main attraction at the PGA Championship, but there is another gentleman who will also attract the public’s attention.
Tiger, for many the greatest golfer in history and winner of 15 Majors, came to Augusta with a 14-month inactivity due to a serious car accident suffered in Los Angeles in February 2021. He finished the first round in the top ten but then fell down the leaderboard.
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