Tiger Woods to group with Rory McIlroy in The Match on Dec. 10

It is official: Tiger Woods is returning to the golf course on Dec. 10 within the seventh version of The Match.

The 15-time main champion will group up with world No. 1 golfer Rory McIlroy in opposition to Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth in a 12-hole competitors beneath the lights at Pelican Golf Membership in Belleair, Florida.

Proceeds from the match, will tee off at 6 p.m. ET, will profit Hurricane Ian aid efforts on the Gulf Coast. In response to a information launch, earlier editions of The Match raised $33 million for charitable organizations and supplied 27 million meals by Feeding America.

Will probably be Woods’ third look in The Match. He teamed up with NFL quarterback Peyton Manning to defeat Phil Mickelson and Tom Brady by one stroke in Might 2020. Woods misplaced to Mickelson 1-up in 22 holes within the unique head-to-head Match occasion in November 2018. McIlroy, Spieth and Thomas might be making their debuts within the occasion.

Woods, 46, hasn’t competed in a event since lacking the reduce on the a hundred and fiftieth Open Championship at St. Andrews in July. He’s nonetheless recovering from critical accidents suffered in a automotive wreck exterior Los Angeles in February 2021. He completed forty seventh on the Masters in April, his first begin because the wreck, and withdrew after three rounds of the PGA Championship in Might.

Woods hasn’t but introduced whether or not he’ll play within the Hero World Problem within the Bahamas in early December. The occasion advantages his basis. Woods is predicted to compete within the PNC Championship, scheduled Dec. 15-18 in Orlando, along with his son, Charlie, however hasn’t but confirmed he’ll play within the occasion.