The excitement surrounding Tiger Woods’ return to the PGA Tour circuit was elevated on Tuesday once tee times and groups for the event were announced. Focus has, not surprisingly, been on the 82-time PGA champion being paired up with world No. 7 Justin Thomas and world No. 2 Rory McIlroy.
But what’s perhaps more interesting is the shortened window of time between the 47-year-old’s tee times for the first and second rounds — and how that could impact how he plays the rest of the weekend.
As the Golf Channel’s Todd Lewis pointed out on social media on Wednesday, Woods’ 12:04 p.m. tee time for Round 1 and 7:24 a.m. tee time for Round 2 will give him less time to recoup should he feel sore after the first day.
