Tiger Woods spotted at the Travelers Championship as new CEO Brian Rolapp indulges in a players-only meeting

Tiger Woods' role with the PGA Tour has expanded beyond only playing. It was recently disclosed that Woods, along with Arthur M. Blank, Adam Scott, Jay Monahan, Joe Gorder and Sam Kennedy, served on a search committee that hired Brian Rolapp as the PGA's next CEO.

Woods, Rolapp and others were seen at the 2025 Travelers Championship. The tournament begins on Thursday at the TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut.

TWLegion confirms the presence of the search committee and Rolapp at TPC River Highlands. They shared an X post featuring Woods and Rolapp. The post reads:

"🚨🐅⛳️ #NEW — Tiger Woods on site at The Travelers Championship. Players only meeting took place this morning with incoming CEO Brian Rolapp."

There's an unwritten norm in the PGA that a players' meeting will be held on Monday of the tournament week at the course.

The same thing happened at TPC River Highlands, and a players' meeting occurred. This was confirmed by Michael Kim, who recently chastised J.J. Spaun for failing to attend this meeting. There is even speculation that the final call for Rolapp took place at this location following a vote by the search committee.

The Travelers Championship is one of the PGA's eight signature events. It boasts a small field of 72 players. Furthermore, the tournament does not use a 36-hole cut format; therefore, all golfers will play throughout the weekend.

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Will Tiger Woods compete in the 2025 Travelers Championship?

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Watching Tiger Woods at the TPC River Highlands has sparked one massive question among fans: Is he participating in the tournament? The answer is no.

Woods had a severe rupture of his left Achilles tendon in early March. On the same day, he underwent minimally invasive Achilles repair surgery. Because of this, he won't be able to play for an extended period. He has no return date, and participating in the 2025 Travelers Championship is a big no.

Instead, the tournament field looks like:

1. Ludvig Aberg
2. Byeong Hun An
3. Daniel Berger
4. Christiaan Bezuidenhout
5. Akshay Bhatia
6. Keegan Bradley
7. Jacob Bridgeman
8. Sam Burns
9. Brian Campbell
10. Patrick Cantlay
11. Bud Cauley
12. Luke Clanton
13. Wyndham Clark
14. Eric Cole
15. Corey Conners
16. Cam Davis
17. Jason Day
18. Thomas Detry
19. Nick Dunlap
20. Austin Eckroat
21. Harris English
22. Tony Finau
23. Matt Fitzpatrick
24. Tommy Fleetwood
25. Rickie Fowler
26. Ryan Fox
27. Ryan Gerard
28. Lucas Glover
29. Max Greyserman
30. Ben Griffin
31. Adam Hadwin
32. Harry Hall
33. Brian Harman
34. Russell Henley
35. Joe Highsmith
36. Tom Hoge
37. Max Homa
38. Viktor Hovland
39. Mackenzie Hughes
40. Sungjae Im
41. Stephan Jaeger
42. Michael Kim
43. Si Woo Kim
44. Tom Kim
45. Min Woo Lee
46. Shane Lowry
47. Robert MacIntyre
48. Hideki Matsuyama
49. Denny McCarthy
50. Rory McIlroy
51. Maverick McNealy
52. Collin Morikawa
53. Alex Noren
54. Andrew Novak
55. Matthieu Pavon
56. Taylor Pendrith
57. J.T. Poston
58. Aaron Rai
59. Xander Schauffele
60. Scottie Scheffler
61. Matti Schmid
62. Adam Scott
63. J.J. Spaun
64. Jordan Spieth
65. Sam Stevens
66. Sepp Straka
67. Nick Taylor
68. Justin Thomas
69. Davis Thompson
70. Gary Woodland
71. Cameron Young
72. Kevin Yu