Thursday, July 6, 2000
Woods confirms he'll skip match play event
in January
LEMONT, Ill. (AP) — The Match Play Championships will have
to do without Tiger Woods.
Woods confirmed Wednesday that he's skipping the event, to be
held Jan. 3-7 in Australia.
“I have a pretty hectic schedule at the end of the year.
I believe I'm playing eight straight weeks,” he said before
reeling off a list of tournaments. “Presidents Cup. Disney.
Tour Championship. Valderrama. Thailand. Grand Slam. Williams
World Challenge and World Cup.
“All around the world,” he added. “So that's a
long trip.”
Only the top 64 players in the world are invited to the match
play event, which is sponsored by Andersen Consulting. The event
will lose some of its luster without Woods, who humbled the rest
of the field with his 15-stroke victory at the U.S. Open last
month, and he said he's already heard about it from PGA Tour officials.
“Everyone's spoken to me about it,” he said. “That's
the way it goes sometimes. But I'm not the only one, though.”
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