Woods to play in Memorial Tournament

Tiger Woods will not be taking another long break between majors after announcing his in tention to play in next week’s Memorial Tournament.

Woods did not play competitively between winning his 15th major title in the Masters and last week’s US P GA Championship, where he missed the cut by a shot following rounds of 72 and 73.

The 43- year-old was rusty at Bethpage and was also unable to practise on the eve of the tournament due to illness.

“I’ve enjoyed being the Masters champion again, the PGA was a quick turnaround and unfortunately I just didn’t play well,” said Woods. “I didn’t do all the little things I need to do correctly to post good scores and put myself in position to shoot good scores.

“There’s no reason why I can’t get up to speed again and crank it back up. I’ve got to star t feeling a little bit better first before that happens. We’ll do that first and then start cranking it back up again.”

Announcing his decision to play at Muirfield Village, Woods wrote on Twitter: “Ohio next week for the @ Memorialgolf, then Peb - ble for the @usop engolf. Looking forward to getting out there again.”

The former world No 1 has won the Memorial Tournament five times, most recently in 2012. He won the US Open at Pebble Beach in 2000 by 15 shots, a record for any major.