The golf world, forever in a tizzy about the potential return of its golden boy, might just get a glimpse of the man himself. Rumor has it Tiger Woods will grace the Nexus Cup, his foundation’s little shindig happening mid-September. And get this – word on the street is he might even swing a club in public. Can you imagine? It’s been since the Open Championship last year, which, in golf time, feels like roughly a thousand years ago.
Now, hold your horses. Before you start booking ticker-tape parades and composing odes to a full-blown PGA Tour comeback, let’s pump the brakes. This isn’t likely to be the start of a Tiger-geddon. But still, for a guy who’s basically ancient by golfer standards, even a fleeting appearance from Woods makes you scratch your head and wonder. Will we ever see that killer drive, that smooth swing, that laser focus owning the fairways again? It’s a question that keeps a few of us up at night.
Adding a dash of drama, Tiger’s also penciled in for a rather crucial PGA Tour board meeting. I imagine the chat will be about the Tour’s future, which, let’s be honest, is about as stable as trying to putt on a trampoline during an earthquake. So, even chilling in semi-retirement, Tiger’s still a major player in shaping where golf is headed. But what we all really want, that deep-down, primal urge to see a club connect with a ball, might just get its fix.