Golfer Tiger Woods warms up at SoFi Heart earlier than golf match between Jupiter Hyperlinks and Los Angeles Golf Membership within the TGL, interactive golf league based by Woods and Rory McIlroy on January 14, 2025 in Palm Seaside Gardens, Florida. Tiger Woods admitted he has far higher considerations than the standing of subsequent month’s Genesis Invitational, the PGA Tour occasion that he has hosted since 2019.
With wildfires ravaging the Los Angeles space, Woods stated that actual life carries extra weight than the occasion that’s slated to be held on the Riviera Nation Membership in Pacific Palisades from Feb. 13-16.
“It is simply unhappy,” Woods instructed reporters within the SoFi Heart after his debut TGL match on Tuesday. “Max (Homa) and I’ve grown up there. We’re SoCal youngsters. To see what has occurred, I’ve recognized a few individuals who misplaced every thing, so it is simply exhausting.
“So far as the Genesis, we’re simply making an attempt to determine every thing out and make it possible for everyone seems to be protected and we’ve conferences scheduled going ahead. However as of proper now, we’re not likely targeted on the event. It is extra about what we are able to do to assist everybody who’s struggling, who has misplaced properties and had their lives modified.”
Riviera was spared from the fires regardless of being within the obligatory evacuation zone. The PGA Tour hasn’t made a remaining determination on whether or not it will likely be held there.
Homa, Woods’ TGL teammate, stated golf shouldn’t be the first focus proper now.
“I do know that these pure disasters occur far too typically. Nonetheless, this was the primary one I can bear in mind the place each information clip, each time somebody talked about an space, I might image it so nicely,” Homa stated. “It was very eerie. Luckily, all my family and friends are protected. Homes not essentially nonetheless all intact, however it was good to have the ability to discuss to fairly a couple of individuals, and I believe their perspective has been superb about, ‘Hey, we’re protected, and that is what issues most.'”
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