Woods commits to next month's Players Championship

For Woods, who returned to competitive golf earlier this month at the Masters after taking two months off to retool his game, it marks a return to a TPC Sawgrass course where he has won twice before, most recently in 2013.

(Reuters)

"Looking forward to going back to THE PLAYERS this year, hoping for a repeat of 2013," Woods said on Twitter.

The Players Championship, which is the PGA Tour's flagship event and widely regarded as golf's unofficial fifth major, will be played May 7-10.

Woods, who had struggled in his return from last year's back surgery, a swing change and some embarrassing moments with his short game, tied for 17th at the Masters at five under.

(Reporting by Frank Pingue in Toronto. Editing by Steve Keating.)