Tiger Woods will not return to Royal Liverpool for next month’s Open Championship, the R&A confirmed Friday.
“We have been advised that Tiger will not be playing at Royal Liverpool. We wish him all the best with his recovery,” an R&A spokesman told SI.com.
Woods – whose victory at Hoylake in 2006 is arguably his most impressive tactical performance in a major championship – hasn’t played since he withdrew from the Masters prior to the third round with a plantar fasciitis injury. He announced on April 20 that he had “successful” surgery to fuse his right ankle.