2021 PNC Championships picks, field grade, odds, best bets, golf predictions as Tiger Woods returns

Woods' latest golfing comeback will take place on a resort course in Orlando

This weekend's PNC Championship is usually nothing more than a low-key mid-December celebratory exhibition featuring parents and their kids getting a chance to play 36 holes of golf together. This year, though? Because a certain 15-time major winner is making his first public golf appearance in 12 months, this event has become one of the must-see tournaments of the year.

Tiger Woods' presence alongside his son, Charlie, doesn't necessarily raise the stakes of the event itself, but it does give some weight to what unfolds on Saturday and Sunday at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club in Orlando. Every swing and step Tiger takes will be broken down in tremendous detail given, well, who he is and the year he's had after a car wreck in February nearly resulted in the amputation of his right leg.

So let's take a look at this event, what to expect from it, how to watch it and a few burning questions as we head into what will finally (I think!) be the last important golf tournament of 2021.