Tiger Woods to play 2023 Genesis Invitational in his first PGA Tour tournament since 2022 British Open

Woods will make his return next week at Riviera Country Club

Tiger Woods is back. The 15-time major winner announced on Friday that he will play the Genesis Invitational at Riviera Country Club next week. It will be his first PGA Tour start since the 2022 Open Championship at St. Andrews.

This is a bit of a surprise in Woods' schedule, although not a complete aberration. Woods said at the end of 2022 that he was aiming to play a few tournaments in addition to the major championships, and the one his foundation hosts, certainly makes sense.

"The goal is to play just the major championships and maybe one or two more," Woods said at the Hero World Challenge (which his foundation also hosts). "That's it. I mean, that's physically that's all I can do. I told you that, guys, you know, the beginning of this year, too. I don't have much left in this leg, so gear up for the biggest ones and hopefully, you know, lightning catches in a bottle and I'm up there in contention with a chance to win and hopefully I remember how to do that.