The most famous golfer in the world will miss the 2025 Memorial Tournament, largely because walking even 18 holes remains a challenge for Tiger Woods.
Woods, 49, is still recovering from the ruptured Achilles tendon injury he sustained in early March while training at home in Florida. He may not have played the Memorial anyway, because the 2021 single-car crash that severely injured his lower right leg makes it difficult to walk hilly courses like Muirfield Village Golf Club.
Tiger Woods has not played Memorial Tournament since 2020
Woods, a five-time winner of the Memorial, has not played the PGA Tour event hosted by Jack Nicklaus since 2020, when he shot his highest final-round score (76) out of the 16 Memorials in which he made the cut. He has not played a tour event since missing the cut at the 2024 British Open at Royal Troon.
The Achilles repair is the 11th surgery that we know of since Woods turned professional in 1996. Six of those surgeries involved his back and/or spine.
Woods is tied with Sam Snead on the tour’s career wins list with 82, and ranks second to Nicklaus (18) with 15 major championships. He becomes eligible to play the Champions Tour next year, when he turns 50, but has not said if or how many “senior” events he plans to play.
