Tiger Woods will not play in Players Championship, unknown if he will play before Masters

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Tiger Woods said that his goal is to play in all four majors and a few other tournaments, but "the fifth major" won't be one of them.

Woods did not sign up for The Players' Championship before Friday's deadline, so he will not be in the field.

The 47-year-old played at The Genesis Invitational at the Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles last month, and after just barely making the cut, he finished tied for 45th.

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Tiger Woods plays his shot from the 12th tee during the first round of The Genesis Invitational at Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles on Feb. 16, 2023. (Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

"Like I told you guys last year, I'm not going to play any more than probably the majors and maybe a couple more," Woods said after the Genesis. "That's it, that's all my body will allow me to do. My back the way it is, all the surgeries I had on my back, my leg the way it is, I just can't. That's just going to be my future.

"So my intent last year was to play in all four majors, I got three of the four. Hopefully this year I can get all four and maybe sprinkle in a few here and there. But that's it for the rest of my career. I know that and I understand that. That's just my reality." 

But if Woods is in a tournament, he's there to win, despite very much being on the back-nine of his career.

Tiger Woods eyes a shot during the second round of the 2022 PGA Championship at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on May 20, 2022. (Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)

Woods clearly has his eyes on next month's Masters, but it's now unknown if he will play before then.

The 15-time major champion