Tiger Woods’ return to golf was even briefer Better than expected. It wasn’t that he failed to advance to The Genesis, one of the 50-player events scheduled for the Riviera (Los Angeles) with increased purses, but because he was sick. The superstar said goodbye before the end of Friday and left the tournament he sponsored.
Woods lasted six holes. After the kickoff of the seventh inning, He put his face in his hands as a referee who was watching the game in an SUV picked him up and took him to the clubhouse. “He began experiencing flu symptoms last night,” Rob McNamara, a spokesman for his company, TGR, said in a statement. “This morning he woke up with a slight fever. He felt a little better when he warmed up, but as time went on it got worse and he even felt dizzy,” he added. At the time, Tiger was one over par and +2 overall after an initial birdie and two bogeys, putting his tournament streak in jeopardy.
Woods felt so bad that an ambulance and fire truck were called to the club. and waited outside the clubhouse as a precaution. This is Tiger’s third retirement in the past six races since his accident in February 2021. Genesis, led by Patrick Cantlay, finished at 13 under, five strokes ahead. Will Zalatoris also drove two Genesis cars, one for himself and one for his caddy, on his hole-in-one on the 14th hole.