Tiger to team with Rory in The Match on Dec. 10

It's official: Tiger Woods is returning to the play people connected Dec. 10 successful the seventh variation of The Match.

The 15-time large champion volition squad up with satellite No. 1 golfer Rory McIlroy against Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth successful a 12-hole contention nether the lights astatine Pelican Golf Club successful Belleair, Florida.

Proceeds from the match, volition tee disconnected astatine 6 p.m. ET, volition payment Hurricane Ian alleviation efforts connected the Gulf Coast. According to a quality release, erstwhile editions of The Match raised $33 cardinal for charitable organizations and provided 27 cardinal meals done Feeding America.

It volition beryllium Woods' 3rd quality successful The Match. He teamed up with NFL backmost Peyton Manning to decision Phil Mickelson and Tom Brady by 1 changeable successful May 2020. Woods mislaid to Mickelson 1-up successful 22 holes successful the archetypal head-to-head Match lawsuit successful November 2018. McIlroy, Spieth and Thomas volition beryllium making their debuts successful the event.

Woods, 46, hasn't competed successful a tourney since missing the chopped astatine the 150th Open Championship astatine St. Andrews successful July. He is inactive recovering from superior injuries suffered successful a car wreck extracurricular Los Angeles successful February 2021. He finished 47th astatine the Masters successful April, his archetypal commencement since the wreck, and withdrew aft 3 rounds of the PGA Championship successful May.

Woods hasn't yet announced whether he'll play successful the Hero World Challenge successful the Bahamas successful aboriginal December. The lawsuit benefits his foundation. Woods is expected to vie successful the PNC Championship, scheduled Dec. 15-18 successful Orlando, with his son, Charlie, but hasn't yet confirmed he'll play successful the event.