Woods hits first public shots in months

Tiger Woods has made a cameo appearance on a makeshift tee of a new public-access golf course he has designed.

Tiger Woods took his first public golf shots in more than two months during an event to announce his first public course on Tuesday.

But the former world No.1 remained non-committal about his return to competitive action.

Woods, who has not played a tournament since pulling out of a European Tour event in February because of back spasms, took two swings into a par-three hole in front of a crowd that were on hand for his course design announcement in Missouri.

His first shot off a makeshift tee bounced off some rocks that will front the green on the still-to-be built course while his second landed about 10 feet from the hole.

"The back is progressing," said Woods. "I have good days and bad days. I've had three back operations and that's just kind of the nature of the business unfortunately. That's all I can say."

Woods returned to the PGA Tour in January after a 17-month absence following back surgery.

He missed the cut at the Farmers Insurance Open and shot an opening-round 77 a week later in Dubai before withdrawing.


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