Friday 21 October 2016 20:05, UK
Tiger Woods says he will return to competitive golf in December at the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas.
The 14-time major champion has been sidelined by injury for the past 14 months and cancelled a scheduled return earlier this month when he pulled out of the Safeway Open in California as well as next month's Turkish Airlines Open, saying his game was not ready for a competitive comeback.
However, appearing on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the former world No 1 said his game is improving well and confirmed that he would be appearing at the 18-player event which he hosts and is owned by his charity foundation on December 1-4.
"I'll be there. I'm playing," Woods said.
"I'm not quite there, where I feel like I can shoot 63s and 64s in tournaments. I'm shooting the low rounds at home. But I just don't quite feel as quite ready to shoot those type scores under tournament conditions."
Woods made a similar return from injury at the event in 2014 when it was played in Florida. The 40-year-old, who has plunged to 802nd in the rankings while out injured, underwent back surgery twice last year.
He is four shy of the record 18 majors won by Jack Nicklaus and told the Charlie Rose show earlier this week that he still intended to pass that total despite being sidelined for more than a year.
