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Tiger Woods will miss the forthcoming WGC-Dell Technologies MatchPlay, which will take place from March 22 to March 29 at the Austin Country Club in Austin, Texas.
Woods has already clarified that he will not be available for the full PGA Tour calendar, citing his injury problems.
The 82 times winner on the PGA Tour had a serious accident two years ago and is still recovering from injuries. He hasn't played much since his return. Last year, he played three majors and unofficial events like the PNC Championship and Capital One's The Match.
He revealed his plans in a CBS interview:
"Competitively, you know, I don't know my goal. You know, each and every year from here going forward, my goal is playing all the majors, and I'm not going to play too much more than that. My body, my leg, just my back, just won't allow me to play much more than that anymore.
"Um, so that was my goal last year, and I was able to play three of the four. Um, you know, this year hopefully, I can play all four. This year, and that's gonna be my schedule going forward because of all the limitations I have."
Tiger Woods record at WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play
Tiger Woods has an impressive record at WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play as he has won the event three times in his career. His first victory came in 2003 when he beat David Toms in the final at La Costa, California. He defended his title the following year by defeating Davis Love III in the final.
Tiger's last win at the WGC Match Play came in 2008 after beating Stewart Cink in the final. The ace golfer also holds the record for most consecutive wins. He won 13 matches from 2003 to 2005. He's also the only player to defend his title.
2023 WGC-Dell Technologies Matchplay details
The 2023 WGC-Dell Technologies will be the 24th and last WGC Matchplay as the PGA Tour has announced the end of this event.
Field
The field will consist of the top 64 available players as of March 13th, divided into four pools and sixteen groups. Golfers who have joined LIV Golf are barred from the event.
Format
The format will be round robin with matches held on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Each win will give one point and the player will earn one point for the tie. The 16 group winners will move to the knockout round. If two or more players share the same points, there will be a sudden death-stroke playoff between them.
The knockout stage of the round of 16 is scheduled for Saturday morning, with the quarterfinals taking place on Saturday afternoon.
The semi-finals will be played on Sunday morning, followed by the final and third-place playoff in the afternoon. Unless there are any withdrawals, the four players who made it to the last round will play a total of seven rounds of golf.
Prize
The purse size of the event is US$20,000,000 with the winner getting $3,600,000.
