Tiger Woods said he expects to be able to play one event per month in 2024 after making his return to competitive golf at the Hero World Challenge, which wrapped up in the Bahamas on Sunday.

The 15-time major winner finished 18th in the 20-player field at the tournament, which he hosts for the benefit of his charity.

It was the first event for the former world No. 1 since he withdrew from the third round of the Masters in April due to an ankle injury. Woods later underwent ankle surgery.

The 47-year-old has maintained a limited competition schedule since a 2021 car crash left him with a serious leg injury and said the plan for next year is to compete in one tournament a month.

“Once a month seems reasonable,” he added. “It gives me a couple of weeks to recover and a week to tune up. Maybe I can get into the rhythm.”

Woods said he was looking forward to playing in the PNC Championship, formerly the Father/Son Challenge, with his son, Charlie, starting on Dec. 14 in Orlando.

Woods, who felt “mentally rusty” after the first round on Thursday, said he was “ecstatic” with how the tournament turned out.

“Every day I got faster into the round,” he said during a news conference. “The first day it took me a while to get a handle on it. Second day was faster and today was right away.

“I feel like my game’s not that far off but I need to get in better shape.

“I don’t have the bone pain that I did, but I still have to go through with the same protocols. It takes a long time, that’s the unfortunate thing about aging,” he said.

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Source: Los Angeles Times