AP photo by Curtis Compton / Tiger Woods, left, and Phil Mickelson share a laugh on the 11th tee at Augusta National Golf Club on April 3, 2018, while playing a practice round for the Masters.The purpose is to raise $10 million or more for COVID-19 relief efforts while providing entertainment with four of the biggest stars from the PGA Tour and the NFL.
Another appeal to Sunday’s made-for-TV exhibition, “The Match: Champions for Charity,” is a chance to see Tiger Woods swing a club for the first time in 98 days.
Live golf will be on television for the second straight weekend, this time with the sport’s biggest headliner.
Woods was last seen on television Feb. 16 at the Genesis Invitational, where he moved cautiously in California’s chilly late winter weather and posted weekend rounds of 76-77 to finish last among the 68 players who made the cut at Riviera Country Club.
He skipped a World Golf Championship in Mexico City, then said his surgically repaired back wasn’t quite ready while sitting out the opening three weeks of the Florida swing. Then the pandemic took over, and there has been no place for the PGA Tour to play.