I'm being a little selfish here, but that's pretty cool." "Playing right in front of Tiger Woods is pretty cool, too," she said. Korda said it would be a chance to create memories with her father, but that's not all. Korda said she hardly ever watches golf except when Woods is playing, and now she'll be playing in the group ahead of him at the Ritz Carlton Golf Club Orlando. Ebenhack, File)Īmong the teams is a pair of major champions - Nelly Korda (Women's PGA Championship) and her father, Petr (Australian Open tennis in 1998). The Thomas family has become close friends. Woods is returning to competition at the tournament for the first time since he badly injured his right leg in a February car crash. FILE - Tiger Woods, second from left, and his son Charlie, right, walk with Justin Thomas, second from right, and his father Mike Thomas on the third fairway during the first round of the PNC Championship golf tournament Dec. Woods was not expected until the Friday pro-am. So I'm sure he'll be (ticked) off if he didn't play well." "But at the same time, he is who is for a reason. "In terms of competing, I think his expectations are very low," Thomas said. "And I know spending time with Charlie is a huge deal to him.
"My excitement level is high just for him being out here and being somewhere other than his house and getting to see a lot of familiar faces," said Justin Thomas, one of his closest friends on tour who won the PNC Challenge last year with his father, a longtime club pro. Woods will be able to ride a cart if he chooses. He was hitting balls on the back end of the range at Albany during his Hero World Challenge two weeks ago in the Bahamas.Īnd while the PNC Championship - 20 teams of parents and children, one of them a major champion or Players Championship winner - is a family affair, the score counts. Woods was immobilized for three months in a makeshift hospital bed in his house. Only 10 months ago, Woods shattered bones in his right leg, ankle and foot when the SUV he was driving along a winding suburban road in Los Angeles crashed through a median and down a hill. It's another to tee it up in front of thousands of spectators and on network TV. It's one thing for the 15-time major champion to play with 12-year-old son Charlie, with Mike Thomas along for the ride, last week near his home in south Florida. Next up for Woods is playing in front of an audience. "It's crazy how good he's hitting - and far he's hitting - for what he's been through," Mike Thomas said Thursday at the PNC Championship. (AP) - The father of Justin Thomas got the first look at Tiger Woods playing a round of golf since his car crash 10 months ago and saw more than he expected.
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