When will Tiger Woods return to golf? New TGL rosters offer clue

Mark Giannotto, USA TODAYTue, October 20, 2026 at 6:09 PM UTC

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Tiger Woods could be on the verge of a return to competitive golf, or at least a simulator-based golf competition.

TGL, the tech-driven virtual golf league created by Woods and Rory McIlroy, announced the rosters for its 2027 season on Tuesday, Oct. 20 and Woods was once again included as a member of Jupiter Links GC. The 15-time major winner did not play during the 2025-26 TGL season until the 2026 TGL Finals while recovering from back surgery and has not appeared in a professional golf tournament since The Open Championship in July 2024.

Woods will be joined on Jupiter Links GC by teammates Tom Kim, Akshay Bhatia, Max Homa and Keith Mitchell as TGL expands to five-man rosters and adds a new expansion team, Motor City Golf Club, for the 2027 season. The league did not announce the schedule for its third season yet. Last season began on Dec. 28.

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Tiger Woods potential return with TGL

Woods agreed to a lesser charge as part of a plea deal in a Martin County, Florida courthouse last month related to the DUI charge he faced following a rollover car accident in March. The 50-year-old pleaded no contest to the reduced charges of willful wanton reckless driving and refusal to submit to lawful test and had his driver's license suspended for five years as part of the plea agreement.

Woods announced four days after the crash that he was "stepping away for a period of time to seek treatment and focus on my health." Since returning from a rehabilitation clinic in Switzerland in May, Woods has made several brief public appearances mostly in conjunction with the PGA Tour and has not publicly discussed his competitive golf future in detail.

Before the incident, Woods had been working his way back from another surgery with an eye toward playing in The Masters. He underwent a disc replacement surgery on his lumbar spine in October 2025. It was the seventh back surgery of his career, and the second in about a year's time after he underwent micro decompression surgery in September 2024. Woods also needed surgery when he ruptured his Achilles in March 2025 while training and practicing at home.

TGL 2027 teams and rostersJupiter Links GC -

Tiger Woods

Tom Kim

Max Homa

Keith Mitchell

Akshay Bhatia

Boston Common Golf -

Rory McIlroy

Shane Lowry

Hideki Matsuyama

Keegan Bradley

Michael Thorbjornsen

Atlanta Drive GC -

Justin Thomas

Chris Gotterup

Patrick Cantlay

Michael Brennan

Billy Horschel

The Bay Golf Club -

Wyndham Clark

Ludvig Aberg

Ryan Fox

Min Woo Lee

Blades Brown

Motor City Golf Club -

Brooks Koepka

Jackson Koivun

Si Woo Kim

Jake Knapp

Bud Cauley

New York Golf Club -

Cameron Young

Matt Fitzpatrick

Rickie Fowler

Ben Griffin

Alex Fitzpatrick

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