Tiger Woods isn’t ruling out a return to Augusta. The 15-time major champion spoke with reporters Tuesday at the Genesis Invitational at Riviera Country Club, where he was asked about his recovery timeline after undergoing surgeries for a disc replacement and ruptured Achilles in 2025.

Hosting from the sidelines at Riviera, Tiger Woods’s role seemed clear—until a single question about the Masters changed the entire narrative for the next 51 days. When asked if a comeback at the Masters was off the table,

Woods hasn’t competed in a professional event since July 2024 at the Open Championship, where he missed the cut. He had done the same thing at the PGA Championship and U.S. Open. He made the cut at the Masters that April, which at the time set a record of 24 cuts in a row, but finished last.

Tiger Woods provided an update on his recovery from multiple 2025 surgeries and confirmed he has not ruled out playing in the 2026 Masters.

Tiger Woods will speak to the media this week and it could offer the clearest update yet on where he stands physically and what comes next in his career.

Being popular is a curse in itself, with the general public failing to understand the stars. And after winning the Masters in 1997, Tiger Woods entered extreme public visibility, with the media labeling his stardom as ‘Tiger-mania.

Charlie, the son of Woods and the 50-year-old's ex-wife Elin Nordegren, has been making waves on the course himself. He took part in the Junior PGA Championship last year after winning the South Florida PGA Junior Cup in 2024.