Tiger Woods confirmed that he will play in the Frys.com Open, which will open the PGA Tour’s 2015-16 season, on Oct. 15-18 at Silverado Resort and Spa in Napa.
Woods will play in the event for the second time, after he tied for 30th in 2011 at CordeValle Golf Club in San Martin, near San Jose.
Rory McIlroy also will be playing in the tournament because he and Woods were among a number of PGA Tour players who received waivers to play in the 2012 Turkish Airlines World Golf final, an unsanctioned event that took place on the same week at the Frys.
In exchange for the waiver, they agreed to play in the Frys at least once in the following three years.
The Frys.com Open field also will include Justin Rose of England, Webb Simpson, Brandt Snedeker, Hunter Mahan, Nick Watney Danny Lee of New Zealand, Paul Casey of England, Brooks Koepka and Charl Schwartzel of South Africa.
The 39-year-old Woods, coming off a second consecutive poor season after back surgery and swing changes, has not played since he tied for 10th in the Wyndham Championship last month and did not qualify for the FedEx Cup playoffs.
The erstwhile No. 1 player in the World Golf Rankings is down to No. 272.
