Tiger Woods will not play next week's Honda Classic at PGA National, electing to take more time away from the game rather than compete in the PGA Tour event nearest to his Jupiter, Florida, home.
Woods' agent, Mark Steinberg, alerted tournament officials Thursday that Woods would not be entering."He doesn't look at this with any time deadline right now," Steinberg said. "Does he expect to be at the Masters? Yes, of course. But that doesn't mean that is where he expects to debut. He just doesn't know where. I think Tiger would tell you he'd be shocked if he wasn't at the Masters."
"He's working at it. When that time comes, he's going to do some things in practice to replicate whatever he can under the gun and then put it in play."
Steinberg added on Thursday: "He's working hard on his game, but as the statement said last week very candidly, he'll be back when he feels like he's game-ready and can compete at a high level. He's only been at it here for 3½ days. It's not there yet. I don't think that's a shock.
"There's been no setbacks. In talking to him, his back is feeling good. He's working hard. He's been practicing. There's been no issues at all."
I don't expect to see Tiger until the Arnold Palmer Invitational in a month at Bay Hill, where he has seven professional victories.
Bryan
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