Things are about to get serious. And that doesn’t even count all the serious that has been taking place away from the golf course — the Saudi-backed challenger to the PGA Tour, the Phil Mickelson saga, Tiger Woods winning the first Player Incentive Program.
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First, this week, there is the PGA Tour event that has The King’s name attached to it: the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Next week, the PGA Tour’s signature event, the Players, takes place on the Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass. But getting closer is the biggest prize — the Masters. With exactly one month till the beginning of Masters week, we look at everything you need to know as the year’s first major, at Augusta National Golf Club, approaches.
What will Tiger do?
The five-time Masters champion said last month that he plans to be back at Augusta National for the Champions Dinner, which he missed last year after suffering serious injuries in a car crash outside Los Angeles on Feb. 23, 2021. When pressed about whether he would play in the Par 3 Contest or the actual Masters, Woods was noncommittal, although the chances of him actually playing in the tournament seem very, very slim. Woods said he’s still regaining enough strength in his right leg to walk a golf course and hasn’t done much outside of putting, chipping and hitting short irons.
Will Mickelson play?
The three-time Masters champion caused a firestorm last month, when author Alan Shipnuck published Mickelson’s controversial comments about the PGA Tour and the Saudi Arabian financiers of a proposed breakaway league. In the aftermath, Mickelson lost a few of his longtime sponsors, and Callaway paused its…
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