{"id":366267,"date":"2021-11-13T01:00:06","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T22:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/justin-thomas-lays-out-the-conditions-for-a-tiger-woods-return\/"},"modified":"2021-11-13T01:00:06","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T22:00:06","slug":"justin-thomas-lays-out-the-conditions-for-a-tiger-woods-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/justin-thomas-lays-out-the-conditions-for-a-tiger-woods-return\/","title":{"rendered":"#Justin Thomas lays out the conditions for a Tiger Woods return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Justin Thomas lays out the conditions for a Tiger Woods return<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Justin Thomas knows that Tiger Woods is \u201cgoing to try\u201d to make a comeback. But if he\u2019s not playing well, that could always change. <\/p>\n<p>In an Wednesday interview on the \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/nlu-podcast-episode-496-justin-thomas\/id880837011?i=1000541294230\">No Laying Up<\/a>\u201d podcast, Thomas provided an update on Woods, who suffered serious injuries to his right leg and foot during a single-car accident in February. <\/p>\n<p>The 15-time major champion is \u201cdoing well, especially all things considered,\u201d Thomas said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t see him ever playing if he can\u2019t play well,\u201d he added. \u201cHe doesn\u2019t strike me as a guy who\u2019s played at home and he\u2019s shooting a bunch of 75s and 76s and he\u2019s like \u2018OK, I\u2019m gonna give Augusta a try this year.\u2019 That\u2019s not really gonna be him, at least from my understanding, what I know of him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thomas said that he goes to visit Woods at his home in South Florida at least two or three times per week, even if it\u2019s just for their dogs to play, and Woods has still been his \u201csarcastic-ass self, so nothing has changed there\u201d \u2014 even as each day has become \u201cGroundhog\u2019s Day.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>After the accident, Thomas said, Woods has been able to focus on being a father, and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/golf\/story\/_\/id\/32367521\/back-green-tiger-woods-spotted-florida-golf-course-son\">photos surfaced in October<\/a> of Woods at a junior golf tournament with his son, Charlie. That, Thomas added, has become the top priority for him. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"705\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/justin-thomas-woods.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Justin Thomas and Tiger Woods in 2019\" class=\"wp-image-20130253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/justin-thomas-woods.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/justin-thomas-woods.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/justin-thomas-woods.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/justin-thomas-woods.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Justin Thomas and Tiger Woods in 2019<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Additionally, one month earlier in September, Ryder Cup captain <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.golfwrx.com\/661088\/steve-stricker-tigers-focus-is-on-making-a-comeback-to-play-again\/\">Steve Stricker told Golf WRX<\/a> that Woods was doing better and focused on preparing for another comeback. He and Woods called regularly, Stricker added, and Woods was \u201cpart of our Ryder Cup team\u201d even though it wasn\u2019t a good time for him to attend the tournament in-person.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t want to get in the way of that because we would all love to see him come back and play,\u201d Stricker said, via Golf WRX.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas said Woods, who is 45 years old and turns 46 on Dec. 30, knows that the window before the accident may have been his last chance for another run. But he returned from back injuries to win the 2019 Masters \u2014 his first major victory since the 2008 U.S. Open.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/tiger-woods-golf-world-react-accident.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"the golf world reacted quickly to tiger woods' accident\" class=\"wp-image-17397562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/tiger-woods-golf-world-react-accident.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/tiger-woods-golf-world-react-accident.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/tiger-woods-golf-world-react-accident.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Justin Thomas and Tiger Woods; Woods\u2019 wrecked SUV from the Feb. 23, 2021 crash.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images (2)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cHis competitive side, like you said, is not gonna let him just hang it up without at least giving it a try at some point for sure,\u201d Thomas said.\u00a0\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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But if he\u2019s not playing well, that could always change. In an Wednesday interview on the \u201cNo Laying Up\u201d podcast, Thomas provided an update on Woods, who suffered serious injuries&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":366268,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/justin-thomas-tiger-woods.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1024","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[118851,70881,71479,114938,35862],"class_list":["post-366267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-11-12-21","tag-golf","tag-justin-thomas","tag-steve-stricker","tag-tiger-woods"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=366267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366267\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/366268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}