- Jack Nicklaus has revealed that Tiger Woods intends to play on the Champions Tour.
- Golf's "senior" tour uses carts, and Woods feels he can compete if he doesn't have to walk.
We may never see Tiger Woods play full-time golf again, but there is growing hope that we will see a lot more of him in a few years.
On Nick Faldo's podcast, Jack Nicklaus revealed that Woods intends to play on golf's senior tour, PGA Tour Champions, and their rule on golf carts is part of the motivation.
"[Tiger] actually can still hit the ball pretty well," Nicklaus told Faldo, via Golf.com. "But he can't walk. He can't walk. And I told him, 'Tiger, you're eligible to take a cart.' He says, 'I'm not going to do that.' He says, 'When I get to the senior tour, I will.'"
Woods, 47, is not eligible for the Champions Tour for three more years. Woods' longtime rival, Phil Mickelson, has been playing events on the tour and has four wins since turning 50 in 2020.
When Faldo pressed Nicklaus on this revelation, Nicklaus made it clear that this is what Woods wants.
"He wants to play the senior tour," Nicklaus said. "He's a competitor."
The Champions Tour has allowed golfers the option of using a cart since 2006. However, in an interesting twist, carts are still not permitted in their five majors. Since suffering major leg injuries in a car crash, Woods has limited his professional golfing to majors and events he hosts.
Woods has previously hinted at playing on the Champions Tour.
"I'm a great cart golfer," Woods said during an appearance on Another Golf Podcast. "Not good at the walking part. So, I guess it's what, three and a half years, I get to ride the buggy like all those guys out there."