\"I planned to tee it up this week, but I\u2019m just not ready,\" said Woods, whose mother Kultida passed away last week at the age of 80, in a statement. \"I did my best to prepare, knowing it\u2019s what my Mom would have wanted, but I\u2019m still processing her loss.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\"Thanks to everyone who has reached out. I hope to be at Torrey later in the week and appreciate the continued kindness since my Mom\u2019s passing,\" Woods said in a statement he shared on social media.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Jake Knapp replaces the 82-time PGA TOUR winner in the field. Knapp's earliest golf memory is watching Woods beat Stephen Ames, 9 and 8, at the 2006 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship and having Woods' caddie, Steve Williams, toss him one of the balls from the match.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Woods\u2019 last competitive start on the PGA Tour was at The 2024 Open Championship at Royal Troon Golf Club, where he missed the cut. Woods has played twice this year for Jupiter Links Golf Club in the new tech-infused TGL golf league, which he founded along with Rory McIlroy and Mike McCarley.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The 49-year-old did play alongside teenage son Charlie in a 36-hole event in December.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The Genesis Invitational starts on Thursday and benefits Woods' TGR Foundation. It was due to take place at the Riviera Country Club but was relocated to Torrey Pines in San Diego because of the Los Angeles wildfires.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The 49-year-old did play alongside teenage son Charlie in a 36-hole event in December.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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