(Reuters) – Tiger Woods regarded strong however not solely ache free on his return to competitors after a automotive crash in February shattered his leg, teaming up together with his 12-year-old son Charlie to shoot a bogey-free 62 at the PNC Championship on Saturday.
Woods obtained an enormous ovation from spectators after he crushed his tee-shot on the par-four first gap onto the green on a heat day at the relaxed non-PGA Tour occasion in Orlando.
Tiger and Charlie wore matching peach-coloured shirts and black trousers enjoying alongside Justin Thomas and his dad Mike at the event which options 19 father-son pairs and the father-daughter staff of Nelly Korda and her dad Petr.
Team Woods completed tied for fifth place, three strokes behind leaders Team Cink going into Sunday’s second and last spherical.
The event marks Team Woods’s second time enjoying within the competitors, having completed seventh final yr.
Woods has stated he’s a great distance from with the ability to compete in a PGA Tour occasion after the one-car accident close to Los Angeles 10 months in the past practically led to his leg being amputated.
He used a cart to get across the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club and regarded to have a slight limp when strolling. He grimaced in obvious discomfort after hitting a tee shot on the par-four sixteenth.
Woods, who endured 4 again surgical procedures and a number of knee operations in his profession earlier than present process a again fusion process in 2017, has not set a timeframe to return to the PGA Tour however stated final month he would like to play within the British Open subsequent July.
The 45-year-old American is tied with Sam Snead for essentially the most wins on the PGA Tour with 82, and his 15 main championships places him three shy of Jack Nicklaus’s file of 18 main titles.
(Reporting by Rory Carroll in Los Angeles, enhancing by Ed Osmond)
