By Mark Lamport-Stokes
(Reuters) - With the opening PGA Tour event of 2017 just a month away, golf fans and players are bracing for the next chapter from Tiger Woods as the former world number one prepares for his first start on the U.S. circuit since August 2015.
Though Woods is unlikely to tee it up in competition until the Jan. 26-29 Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines, where he is a seven-times former champion, he has already given a taste of what to expect with his performance in the Bahamas last week.
Back in action after an absence of almost 16 months caused by chronic back problems, Woods produced roller-coaster form at the Hero World Challenge which he hosts to finish 15th in an elite 17-man field.