Tiger Woods will hit golf shots in front of a live audience and live on television for the first time in more than a year.

It was announced late Monday that the 15-time major champion will play for his Jupiter Links team in the second match of the TGL finals at SoFi Center on the campus of Palm Beach State College. Los Angeles won the last hole, worth two points, Monday to win the first match of the best-of-three series 6-5.

There have been Woods’ sightings at TGL matches the past few months with him appearing in most of the Jupiter Links matches as a coach or non-playing captain of sorts. On Monday, the team of Max Homa, Tom Kim and Kevin Kisner was ahead late but lost the last hole against the L.A. team that includes Justin Rose, Tommy Fleetwood and Sahith Theegala.

Shortly after the match the lineup for Tuesday’s second match was announced and Woods is playing, replacing Kisner in the lineup.

A month ago at the Genesis Invitational, the PGA Tour event he hosts, Woods was coy when asked about whether he could play in the Masters, which is now only two weeks away. He did not say no at the time, which came as a surprise to the assembled media. Since then, he’s been asked several times if he felt he could ever be ready to compete in TGL matches.

“Well, I think that I have been trying to play each and every one of these matches. I’ve been trying to come back. But it just hasn’t worked out that way,” Woods said just last week.

“I’ve had a bad run of injuries last year. I think it’s been a year and a few days since I blew out my Achilles. And so then I’ve had two back operations. So it’s been a little rough go. But the guys here, this team, we have so much fun, I really don’t want to screw up the lineup, I just want these guys to keep playing.”

That ends Tuesday when Woods will insert himself into the lineup, looking for a spark on a night where Jupiter must win both matches to win the TGL championship.

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