Photo: Tiger Woods/Instagram. Inset: Sam Greenwood/Getty
Tiger Woodscan add Putting Course Designer to his impressive résumé.
The 46-year-old five-time Masters champion designed two 18-hole putting courses that will open next Thursday at the Florida based PopStroke Sarasota entertainment center.
“I’m excited to share a sneak peek of the courses@tgr.designand I designed for@popstrokeSarasota, which opens on Thursday, April 28th. Stay tuned for more details,” wrote Woods in anInstagram postWednesday.
In anews release, Woods touted the putting courses as a project that people can at any age or experience on the golfing green.
“We are excited to introduce PopStroke to the Sarasota community as we continue our expansion,” said Woods.
Woods has designed golf courses since 2006, but this marks his first time getting involved in the creation of putting courses, according toCNN.
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“We are incredibly excited to bring our unique entertainment brand to the Sarasota community,” said Bartoli per the news release.
“I have spent countless hours visiting Sarasota with my children for youth sporting events over the years and have long recognized the attributes that make Sarasota such a vibrant and thriving community. With an abundance of young families, working professionals, and retirees, Sarasota is the perfect fit for all that PopStroke has to offer in bringing people together across generations to enjoy the game of golf in an affordable, fun, and competitive environment.”
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News of the new golf course opening in Sarasota comes on the heels ofWoods return to the 2022 Mastersafter more than a year of being off the PGA Tour due injuries he sustained in a car crash.
In February of 2021, Woods washospitalized after the car crashand has faced difficulties with his physical health afterward.
Woods suffered significant orthopedic injuries to his right leg including fractures to his tibia and fibula bones.
During the accident, which occurred on the border of Rolling Hills Estates and Rancho Palos Verdes in Southern California, Woods' car struck a sign in the center divider and cut through a tree before landing on the side of the road.
“This is a pretty remarkable recovery and this just goes to show that as an athlete, he’s shown time and time again that injuries that would take the average person out of competing, or for a very extended period of time, he’s recovered from very quickly,“Dr. Kirk Campbell, MD, orthopedic surgeon and sports health expert, Department of Orthopedic Surgery at NYU Langone Health,told PEOPLEearlier this month.
source: people.com
