Hero World Challenge

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00:00 Tiger Woods is back and it's a familiar place to the Albany Golf Club in the Bahamas where

00:06 Tiger has his annual fundraising tournament that's won by his foundation. Many times over the past

00:11 several years we've used this tournament as sort of a gauge to see where he is after coming back

00:17 from injury. The last time he's played competitive golf as you may remember Tiger made the cut 23rd

00:23 straight time he's made the cut in the masters but wasn't able to go on the weekend. He withdrew

00:28 had this ankle surgery a couple of weeks later and was basically sidelined again for the rest

00:33 of the year. His return here is somewhat surprising but he said in the Bahamas at the

00:38 news conference preceding the tournament here that his ankle actually feels really good. He

00:43 has no issues about walking 90 holes actually when you consider he's got a pro-am to play

00:48 and then he's just as curious as the rest of us to see where his game stands. It'll be another

00:54 interesting week to see where Tiger Woods who by the way turns 48 next month where he will look and

01:00 how good he will look over the next couple of days. The big cat is back and so am I Keith

01:06 Stewart from Read the Line. Now Tiger Woods returns to action after 236 days and is back to host

01:12 and play in the Hero World Challenge and for the eighth year in a row it's going to be contested

01:17 at the Albany Golf Course just outside NASA in the Bahamas. The two-time defending champion is

01:24 Victor Hovland. Now why does Victor have so much success here? Well it starts off the tee. He's

01:29 long and straight when he pounds that driver and you're going to need to be long and make that a

01:34 priority. I like long iron approach shots too or fairway woods. Again those seven holes either the

01:41 drives on those par fours or the second shots on those par fives are also going to lead to some

01:46 scoring. That's what's got it done for Scotty Scheffler as he's finished runner up twice to

01:50 Victor in the last two years. Victor's going for his third in a row. Do I take him? Does he lead

01:57 off my win place and show this week? Well you know what you're gonna have to get to si.com/golf

02:02 and read my preview in order to find out.