Is Tiger Woods playing in the PGA Championship?

Tiger Woods has become one of the most decorated golfers in history during his near-30-year professional career, but his back issues mean questions arise before major tournaments as to whether or not he will play.

Is Tiger Woods playing at the 2024 PGA Championship?

Yes, Tiger Woods is part of the field of players that will compete in the 2024 PGA Championship.

How did Tiger Woods qualify for the 2024 PGA Championship?

As a four-time winner of the PGA Championship, Tiger Woods automatically qualifies for the 2024 edition of the tournament. All former winners of the PGA Championship earn automatic qualification to every edition of the PGA Championship.

Woods has appeared in the PGA Championship on 22 occasions, beginning in 1997 - the year after Valhalla hosted the 1996 PGA Championship as its first-ever PGA event.

Woods earned his first PGA Championship win in 1999 with a -11 score and won it again the following year in 2000 at Valhalla with a -18 score. He pulled another back-to-back when he won it in both 2006 and 2007.

Woods has missed the tournament five times since he first appeared in it, not participating in 2008, 2016, 2017, 2021 and 2023. He has missed the cut four times in the tournament: in 2011, 2014, 2015, and 2019.

Tiger Woods PGA Championship scores and results

Tiger Woods did not make much noise in his PGA Championship debut in 1997, shooting +6 for a T-29 finish. The following year was only slightly better with a -1 score to finish T-10, but he put the world on notice the following year.

With a -11 score in the 1999 PGA Championship, Woods took home the trophy for his second Major tournament win. He went back-to-back, shooting -18 in the 2000 version of the tournament to win it again.

After another T-29 finish in 2001, Woods finished second in 2002. Then he finished T-39 and T-24 in 2003 and 2004 respectively.

Woods won his third and fourth PGA Championships just like his first two, in back-to-back years. He won the 2006 edition with a -18 score at Medinah Country Club in Illinois, and he took the 2007 edition with a -8 score at Southern Hills Country Club in Oklahoma.

Woods missed the 2008 edition of the tournament but finished second in 2009. He didn't finish in the top 10 until 2018, where he finished second for the third time in PGA Championship history.

Tiger Woods Valhalla Golf Club scores and results

Tiger Woods' second PGA Championship win - in the 2000 edition - came at Valhalla Golf Club, where the 2024 edition of the tournament will be played.

He did not participate in the Valhalla-hosted 2008 Ryder Cup due to a knee injury, and he missed the cut in the 2014 PGA Championship played at Valhalla.

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