Tiger Woods stepping back into competitive golf as Masters loom

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Tiger Woods is set to make his dramatic return to competitive golf on Tuesday night as rumors have swirled over whether he will be healthy enough to compete at the Masters in a few weeks.

Woods will compete in The Golf League finals for Jupiter Links, he told ESPN. The legendary golfer is set to compete in Match 2 of the best-of-three series against Los Angeles. Jupiter lost Match 1 against Los Angeles, which makes Woods the club’s last hope to stay alive.

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Max Homa, not pictured, and Tiger Woods of Jupiter Links Golf Club smile on the 14th hole during the match against the Los Angeles Golf Club at SoFi Center on March 23, 2026, in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. (James Gilbert/TGL/TGL Golf via Getty Images)

Should Jupiter win, Match 3 will begin immediately after.

The 50-year-old leads the Jupiter Links golf team but has sat out all year as he recovered from back surgery last fall. He also ruptured his Achilles last March.

Woods suggested he could be back in time for the Masters, saying in February it wasn’t necessarily off the table. The iconic golf major begins April 9.

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Tiger Woods and Akshay Bhatia of Jupiter Links GC talk during a match against Boston Common Golf during a TGL match at SoFi Center on March 17, 2026, in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. (GREG LOVETT/PALM BEACH POST / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

Last week, he got a little more candid about his back injury.

"I said I've been working on it. Sometimes I have good days, sometimes I have bad days. Disk replacement is not a lot of fun," he told Golf.com. "So