Tiger Woods won’t be traveling to the Travelers Championship.
The reigning Masters champion and 15-time major winner will extend his break from the PGA Tour for at least another week after not committing by Friday’s 5 p.m. ET deadline for next week’s Travelers at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut.
Woods has never played in the tournament. He did not issue a statement.
We last saw Woods in The Match: Champions for Charity on May 24, where he and Peyton Manning defeated Phil Mickelson and Tom Brady. Woods, seeking a record 83rd PGA Tour title, last played on the PGA Tour on Feb. 16, when he shot a final-round 77 to finish in last place at the Genesis Invitational at Riviera Country Club north of Los Angeles.
In his only other Tour start this year, he tied for ninth in the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines in San Diego.
The next tournament where Woods could make his first Tour start would be the July 2-5 Rocket Mortgage Classic in Detroit. That will be the fourth tournament since the PGA Tour resumed action last week with the Charles Schwab Championship. Woods also bypassed this week’s RBC Heritage.
Still a loaded field
While Woods won’t be playing, another loaded field will be heading north to the Travelers. The top seven players in the world are in the field – world No. 1 Rory McIlroy, No. 2 Jon Rahm, No. 3 Justin Thomas, No. 4 Brooks Koepka, No. 5 Dustin Johnson, No. 6 Patrick Reed and No. 7 Patrick Cantlay.
In addition to those men, No. 9 Webb Simpson and No. 10 Xander Schauffele are also playing. The only top-10 player not in the field is Adam Scott.
Defending champion Chez Reavie, a winner by four shots in 2019; two-time winner Bubba Watson; 2017 winner Jordan Spieth and 2012 champ Marc Leishman will be at TPC River Highlands. Adding to the star power will be newly minted 50-year-old Phil Mickelson, Bryson DeChambeau, Tony Finau, Justin Rose, Paul Casey, Gary Woodland and Jason Day.
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