Tiger Not Coming To The Chevron World Challenge***
/As I Tweeted about half an hour ago, Golf Channel is now confirming that we won't see Tiger Woods at this week's Chevron World Challenge. Their sources are saying that doctors are advising against travel due to post-accident headaches he's suffering.
Here's the current field:
Tiger Woods**
Steve Stricker
Kenny Perry
Jim Furyk
Sean O'Hair
Lucas Glover
Stewart Cink
Zach Johnson
Anthony Kim
Mike Weir
Vijay Singh*
Camilo Villegas
Y.E. Yang
Paul Casey
Padraig Harrington
Lee Westwood
Martin Kaymer
Ian Poulter
*Justin Leonard (replaces injured Singh)
**Graeme McDowell (replaces injured Woods)
*From the folks who run Tiger's event:
Thank you for your interest in the Chevron World Challenge. The press conference with Tiger Woods previously scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 1 at 1:45 p.m. has been cancelled. We will provide you with any other press conference updates regarding the Chevron World Challenge field as they become available.
Sam Weinman at GolfDigest.com says that we still might hear from Tiger this week via teleconference.
**Took slightly longer than the hour I predicted, but here's Tiger's official announcement and apology:
"I am extremely disappointed that I will not be at my tournament this week," Woods said. "I am certain it will be an outstanding event and I'm very sorry that I can't be there."
"We support Tiger's decision and are confident the strong field and excellent course will provide an exciting week of competition at the Chevron World Challenge, said Greg McLaughlin, Tiger Woods Foundation President & CEO Woods will not participate in any other tournaments in 2009 and will return to action next year.
The tournament offers a refund for those who want one and also a 20% discount on 2010 tickets.
