Return of Tiger Woods to the Memorial, but behind closed doors Receive the last hour alerts of duty
The best known golfer in the world, Tiger Woods, returns from Thursday to the North American Golf Circuit, during the Memorial Tournament, sponsored by the legendary Jack Nicklaus, who begins Thursday in Dublin in Ohio.
Contrary to what was originally planned, for the first time since the resumption of the PGA Tour, the spectators will not be admitted to the Memorial.New sanitary restrictions have been decided in Ohio, the virus being updated in several American states.
Woods, vainqueur l’an dernier du Masters à Augusta, soit son 15e Majeur, va tenter de remporter son 83e titre sur le PGA Tour.In October he had equaled Sam Snead's record by winning in Japan during the Zozo Championship.
"I can't wait to play the Memorial," Woods tweeted last week at his 6.5 million subscribers."I missing to fight against other guys, so I can't wait to find myself there".Woods did not play any of the recovery tournaments after the long break caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Lors des deux premiers tours sur le parcours de Muirfield Village, jeudi et vendredi, Woods disputera une partie de rêve contre le numéro 1 mondial, le Nord-Irlandais Rory McIlroy, et l’un de ses meilleurs compatriotes, Brooks Koepka, 6e mondial cette semaine.
Woods, 44, has already won the Memorial five times (1999, 2000, 2001, 2009 and 2012). Il y a aussi vécu l’humiliation d’un catastrophique score de 85, le pire de sa carrière, au 3e tour de l’édition 2015.
Among bookmakers, Bryson Dechambeau, winner of the Memorial in 2018, is favorite, at 10 against 1, while Tiger is given at 25 against 1.
Capitaine-joueur des USA victorieux de la Presidents Cup en décembre en Australie, Woods a ensuite joué deux tournois début 2020, finissant 9e à Torrey Pines en janvier, puis 68e au Genesis Invitational en février.
Il pointe cette semaine au 14e rang mondial, juste derrière Collin Morikawa qui vient de remporter dimanche, sur ce même parcours de Muirfield Village, le Workday Charity Open à l’issue d’un playoff contre Justin Thomas.
Again in delicacy with its back before the start of the pandemic, Woods returned in great shape in May to win a tournament-exhibition, the champions for charity in which Phil Mickelson and two stars of American football, Tom Brady and Peyton Manning also participated.
The next big tournament on the Tiger program will be the PGA Championship planned for the Harding Park in San Francisco (August 6 to 9).
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