Tiger Woods has been forced to miss out on the Genesis Invitational, with the 15-time major champion pulling out of the PGA Tour tournament that he hosts.
Outside of his major appearances last season, Woods last played on the PGA Tour at the Genesis in 2024.
Recently, Woods played with Donald Trump at his club in Florida, as well as taking on the likes of Rory McIlroy in TGL.
But he remains absent from the PGA Tour, with 82-time winner Woods still processing the sad passing of his mother.
The Genesis Invitational is all change for 2025, with the third Signature Event of the season moving to Torrey Pines.
Tiger Woods misses cut on PGA Tour debut at 1992 Nissan Open
The move to its iconic South Course from The Riviera Country Club comes after the recent wildfires in the Greater Los Angeles Area.
Riviera is certainly a venue that Woods knows well, as is the Genesis Invitational, with the American having made his PGA Tour debut at the event there in 1992.
The 16-year-old was an amateur at the time, and rather than being in high school that week, he took on the 1992 Nissan Open, which is now known as the Genesis Invitational.
Permission was required from his school to compete at the tournament, with Woods granted such permission as he teed off at 8.28am in the first round.
A fine 3-wood from the tee found the fairway in his first shot on the PGA Tour, with a two-putt securing his first and only birdie of the day.
Only two bogeys were carded as he shot a one-over 72, leaving him T89 and eight shots behind leader Wayne Levi.
With many eyes watching on, the exciting teenager then failed to make the cut after a second-round 75, finishing 17 shots behind 36-hole leader Davis Love III.
It was, however, simply the beginning of a phenomenal career that continues to this day, albeit one that has been heavily impacted by injuries.
Tiger Woods learned he had a ‘long way to go’ after missing cut on PGA Tour debut
Despite 16 appearances at the Genesis Invitational, tournament host Woods has never managed to win the event.
He came closest with a playoff defeat to Billy Mayfair in at Valencia Country Club in 1998, before coming T2 in 1999.
Woods would join the professional ranks four-and-a-half years after his PGA Tour debut at Riviera, having learned a lot from that initial experience.
“It was a learning experience,” he said after his missed cut, as quoted by the PGA Tour website. “I learned I wasn’t that good.
“I learned I have a long way to go. I’m not competitive at this level. I am at the junior level, but not at the pro level.
“These guys are so much better. I didn’t think I was ready for it, and it showed me that I’m not. I just have to grow up, that’s all.”
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