Harrington, Rose warn against expecting too much from Woods

ANTALYA, Turkey — Major winners Justin Rose and Padraig Harrington stressed the importance of not placing too much expectation on Tiger Woods, after the American great announced his return to competition next month.

Woods will tee-up later this month at his own 18-man Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas.

It will be the 14-time major winner's first appearance since he withdrew after one round of February's Dubai Desert Classic.

Rose, who claimed a remarkable comeback victory at last week's WGC-HSBC Champions, is excited that the former world number one will be back in action.

"It is cool Tiger is coming back to competition and it seems clear through some of his recent tweets that he has been gearing up for something and the obvious and logical choice would seem to be the Hero Challenge," said Rose ahead of this week's Turkish Airlines Open in Antalya.

"It is going to be special and fun to see him playing there as we all have missed him.

"I do feel expectations for a first time ever will be down and there will be more curiosity than expectations, but Tiger is a determined and confident guy, and he will come back believing he can do well.

"So, it would be totally unfair to place any expectations on Tiger and we all should be pleased that he does seem healthy and capable of playing golf again."