After runner-up finish at PNC, what might Tiger Woods' schedule look like in 2025?

If expectations were low for Tiger Woods ahead of the 2025 season, perhaps those were elevated when he and Charlie Woods finished runner-up at the 2024 PNC Championship.

Woods had microdecompression surgery on his lower back Sept. 13 to relieve nerve impingement and back pain and hasn't played competitively since the Open Championship at Royal Troon in July, where he missed the cut. But now, it's almost 2025, and it's time to look and predict where Tiger will tee it up in 2025.

In 2024, he said he wanted to play once a month. While he has been bullish on what his schedule will look like in 2025, it's worth a shot to be aggressive in predicting where he could play next year.

What might his schedule look like in 2025? Let's take a look.

TGL

If we know one thing for sure, Tiger will have five appearances in the TGL: Jan. 14, Jan. 27, Feb. 18, Feb. 25 and March 4. The good thing, that schedule doesn't interfere with any of these projected PGA Tour starts.

Farmers Insurance Open

Stretch No. 1. Tiger hasn't played in a non-major, sans the Genesis Invitational and Hero World Challenge, since 2020. But Torrey Pines is a place Tiger loves, it doesn't interfere with his TGL schedule and would be a good place to kick off his year.

Genesis Invitational

This one is almost a guarantee. If Tiger can play at Riviera Country Club in his event, he will.

Players Championship

Stretch No. 2. The TGL season will be completed by then, and if Tiger has gotten through two PGA Tour events by this point, the Players would be one final tune-up for his game before major season.

Masters

Tiger is going to head down Magnolia Lane to a place he has won five times. Next.

PGA Championship

This one is a bit more tricky, as Quail Hollow hosts the PGA Championship. He won there in 2007 when it was the Wachovia Championship, but if Tiger was going to skip out on a major, it may be this one.

U.S. Open

Woods finished T-2 in his one U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club in Pennsylvania. He has called Oakmont one of the most difficult courses in the world. And he's up for a challenge like that.

Open Championship

Woods has played one time at Royal Portrush in 2019, missing the cut. The weather conditions will be tough on him, but the courses are also some of the easiest on his body to maneuver for four days.

Hero World Challenge

Silly season event, sure. But Tiger will play the Hero if he's able.

This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Predicting Tiger Woods 2025 PGA Tour schedule, events