PGA Championship: Tiger Woods tests himself at Southern Hills

Will Tiger Woods line up in Southern Hills (Oklahoma) where the PGA Championship will take place in three weeks? According to multiple sources, the “Tiger” Woods was seen training on the Tulsa course on Thursday. Three weeks ago, the winner of 15 major tournaments made his comeback on the greens at the Augusta Masters, more than thirteen months after the car accident that nearly cost him his right leg.

After passing the cut and achieving the feat of going to the end of the tournament, finally ranking 47th, he had mentioned as his next objective to participate in the British Open in July in St-Andrews in Scotland, without specifying the intermediate stages. The PGA Championship therefore seems to be one. His private jet was spotted at Tulsa airport, Golf Channel and Golf Digest claiming the 46-year-old star completed an 18-hole practice session, to test his stamina on the same course where he won the test in 2007.

At Southern Hills, the course is less hilly than at Augusta

Southern Hills will host the 104th PGA Championship from May 19-22 and, according to Golf Digest, Woods is clearly planning to attend, barring any setbacks in his preparation. Before his return to Augusta, Woods had taken the same approach by coming to gauge himself a few days before the Masters in the company of his son Charlie and his friend Justin Thomas. What had boiled the world of golf which did not imagine one day driving back the greens in competition.

At Southern Hills, the course is less hilly than at Augusta, with the only notable climbs and descents being around the ninth and eighteenth holes. In 2007, under a big heat wave, Woods had returned a card of 63 in the 2nd round, or 7 strokes under par, then equaling the lowest score in the history of major tournaments. He then finished at -8 on Sunday to win the tournament.