Perhaps the idea of traveling across the globe right now was simply not very appealing. Or the period of rest and recovery from a long season of golf was not complete. Maybe he's not a big fan of the Sheshan International course.
There are myriad reasons why Tiger Woods could be skipping this week's WGC-HSBC Champions in Shanghai.
But the point is this: Woods had a choice whether to play the World Golf Championship event.
Add it to the list of reasons why Woods' 2018 season was so wildly successful. He won the Tour Championship, finished second in the FedEx Cup.