Is Tiger Woods playing in the Truist Championship 2025? Availability explored

Tiger Woods is not playing at the 2025 Truist Championship. The American golfer is eligible to play on the PGA Tour; however, he underwent surgery in March 2025 and has thus been on a break for a while.

He was expected to play at the Masters, but the 15-time Major winner skipped the event. He has yet to play his first official tournament of the season on the Tour. Woods last played on the PGA Tour at The Open Championship 2024, where he played two rounds of 79 and 77 but missed the cut.

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Meanwhile, the 2025 Truist Championship, which was previously called the Wells Fargo Championship, is scheduled from May 8 to 11 and will feature a stellar field.

Rory McIlroy will return to defend his title and is also one of the top favorites to win the event with odds of +400 (via CBS Sports). Collin Morikawa, Xander Schauffele, Ludvig Åberg and Justin Thomas are also playing this week.

Here are the odds of some top favorites for the Truist Championship 2025 (via CBS Sports):

Rory McIlroy +400
Collin Morikawa +1400
Xander Schauffele +1600
Ludvig Aberg +1600
Justin Thomas +1800
Patrick Cantlay +2000
Viktor Hovland +2800
Tommy Fleetwood +2800
Jordan Spieth +2800
Russell Henley +3000
Hideki Matsuyama +3000
Corey Conners +3000
Shane Lowry +3500
Sepp Straka +4000
Daniel Berger +4000
Wyndham Clark +4500
Sungjae Im +4500
Robert MacIntyre +4500
Maverick McNealy +4500
Keegan Bradley +4500
Sam Burns +5000
Min Woo Lee +5000
Jason Day +5000
Taylor Pendrith +5500
JJ Spaun +5500
Denny McCarthy +5500
Davis Thompson +5500
Byeong Hun An +5500
Tony Finau +6000
Michael Kim +6000
Keith Mitchell +6000
Si Woo Kim +6500
Justin Rose +6500
Andrew Novak +6500
Aaron Rai +6500
Will Zalatoris +7000
Brian Harman +7000
Akshay Bhatia +7000
J.T. Poston +7500
Ben Griffin +7500
Stephan Jaeger +9000
Sam Stevens +9000
Sahith Theegala +9000
Max Homa +9000
Harris English +9000
Thomas Detry +10000
Rasmus Hojgaard +10000
Max Greyserman +10000
Matt Fitzpatrick +10000
Lucas Glover +10000

Did Tiger Woods ever win the Truist Championship?

The Truist Championship has been a part of the PGA Tour since 2003. David Toms won the inaugural event by defeating Robert Gamez. Tiger Woods won the tournament in 2007 by defeating Steve Stricker by two strokes.

Here is a quick recap of the past winners of the Truist Championship:

2024: Rory McIlroy
2023: Wyndham Clark
2022: Max Homa
2021: Rory McIlroy
2020: Canceled
2019: Max Homa
2018: Jason Day
2017: Brian Harman
2016: James Hahn
2015: Rory McIlroy
2014: J.B. Holmes
2013: Derek Ernst
2012: Rickie Fowler
2011: Lucas Glover
2010: Rory McIlroy
2009: Sean O’Hair
2008: Anthony Kim
2007: Tiger Woods
2006: Jim Furyk
2005: Vijay Singh
2004: Joey Sindelar
2003: David Toms

About the author

Ankita Yadav is an NFL and Golf writer at Sportskeeda with over three years of experience in journalism (and counting). With a Master’s degree in Chemistry, she somehow swapped test tubes for touchdowns and tee shots—and hasn’t looked back since.

She’s previously covered the world of entertainment with OtakuKart and TV Season & Spoilers and worked as an editor at ComingSoon. Her stories have racked up nearly nine million reads, and she’s had the chance to interview top athletes like professional golfer Yuvraj Singh Sandhu.

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