PGA Tour urged to make big Tiger Woods career move | Golf News

Mark Calcavecchia, a former Open champion, is urging the PGA Tour and Champions Tour to bend the foundations for Tiger Woods.

Legendary golfer Woods, who’s set to flip 50 this December, would usually have to wait till then to be a part of the senior circuit, however Calcavecchia thinks he ought to get in early.

“Ok, @TigerWoods is 49 now. That’s close enough,” veteran star Calcavecchia tweeted on X on Friday. “Let him play now I say. @ChampionsTour. Let’s go, Tiger!!”

Calcavecchia even means that Woods has the potential to shatter data on the Champions Tour, probably lining up win after win consecutively. He cheekily famous: “As of now u only need 48 wins to be the best in senior golf. U might need to win 48 straight. Wouldn’t put it past u tho.”

While the standing of Woods’ participation on the senior tour stays unconfirmed, his latest damage challenges indicate it may very well be his optimum path for persevering with his aggressive journey. Last 12 months, managing simply 5 occasions and finishing all rounds in just one of them reveals the extent of his bodily struggles, together with having to bow out of the Genesis Invitational due to sickness.

The solely cut he made was on the Masters final April, earlier than failing to make it by way of the weekend on the PGA Championship, U.S. Open, and Open Championship. Woods had deliberate to take part within the Hero World Challenge final month however had to withdraw due to fitness points.

The 49-year-old was current within the Bahamas because the match host and shared his present fitness standing heading into the New Year. “I’m not tournament sharp yet, no. I’m still not there. These are 20 of the best players in the world and I’m not sharp enough to compete against them at this level,” he admitted in December. “So when I’m ready to compete and play at this level, then I will.”

He additionally opened up about a latest back challenge for which he underwent surgical procedure in September. Woods added: “I didn’t think my back was going to go like it did this year. It was quite painful throughout the end of the year and hence I had another procedure done to to alleviate the pain I had going down my leg.

“So whether or not my dedication going ahead is as soon as a month, yeah, I may say that throughout again, however I really do not know. I’m simply attempting to rehab and nonetheless get stronger and higher and really feel higher, actually give myself the best probability I can going into subsequent 12 months. This 12 months was type of – I had to toss it away and I wasn’t as sharp as I needed to be and I did not play as a lot as I needed to going into the key championships and I did not play properly at them.

“Hopefully next year will be better, I’ll be physically stronger and better. I know the procedure helped and hopefully I can then build upon that.”

Tiger competed along with his son Charlie within the parent-child competitors on the PNC Championship in late December, ending as runner-up after a close playoff with Team Langer.