Tiger Wood makes another attempt to reclaim his kingdom

Tiger Woods makes one more attempt to reclaim the kingdom he once owned The 41yearold legend whose multiple back problems as also numerous other injuries have become the staple of media around the world will tee off for his first competitive round in nine months at the US 35 million Hero World Challenge at Albany on Thursday He will play the first round in the company of the hottest player of 2017 Justin Thomas 17 years younger than Woods Thomas is the reigning FedExCup champion and the PGA Tours Player of the YearTiger WoodsFew athletes ranked outside of the Top1000 command the kind of attention that Woods does But this man is not just another sportsman but one who possesses 14 Majors and more than 100 international titles worldwide of which 79 have been on the worlds toughest Tour the PGA Looking totally at ease and smiling ear to ear posing with the Hero Motorbikes and on the eve of the tournament that raises funds for his own Tiger Woods Foundation Woods said The fact I dont have any pain in my lower back anymore compared to what I was living with for years its just remarkable There have been periods when I couldnt get out of the bed let alone swing a club Sometimes I didnt think it was going to ever happen Ive been struggling for a long time and to come out of on the good side Im blessedThe struggle was clearly quite an effort I was struggling to get up from bed and struggled to go to my kids games it meant so much for me to be able to participate with them in their games and I was not able to do thathellipnow I can play around with football Toss the baseball aroundhellip I feel blessedhellip I missed being able to do all that Standing next to him Pawan Munjal who has played many a round he quipped He is looking and of course his swing is way better than mine Jokes apart his game looks goodWoods added I missed being able to play golf with my friends I had not done that in close to two years as my back was hurting so much Now it is fantastic to come back and play with my friends I call them kids actually All these are young guys have become very close I have played a few rounds with JT Justin Thomas Daniel Berger Rory McIlroy Rickie Fowler DJ Dustin Johnson you go out there and challenge yourself against these guys and see where do you standhellip how good are my skills after a long layoffhellip in tournament how would I reacthellip Thats what I am enjoying Confidently he added I think I can hit any shot I want but I still need to go through a tournamenthellip I havent felt the adrenaline for a long time in my bodyhellipEight of the worlds Top10 players will feature in the field that is one of the strongest ever in an invitational event The field is led by World No 1 Dustin Johnson and includes three of 2017s major championship winners ndash US Open winner Brooks Koepka The Open Championship winner Jordan Spieth and PGA Championship winner Justin Thomas World No 3 Hideki Matsuyama is the defending champion who is aiming to regain the title against the starstudded field The field includes the European Tours Race to Dubai winner Tommy Fleetwood and the inform Bahamasresident Justin Rose also the 2016 Olympic gold medallist The field has winners of 22 major championships 14 of them by Woods The field also has Rickie Fowler Henrik Stenson Matt Kuchar Kevin Chappell and Kevin Kisner all of who have won on the PGA Tour in 2017 Thomas Alex Noren Fleetwood Francesco Molinari Charley Hoffman and Kisner will tee it up in their first Hero World ChallengeCatch up on all the latest sports news and updates here