Tiger Woods withdrew Friday in the course of the second spherical of the Genesis Invitational.

After hitting his tee shot on the par-4 seventh, Woods was seen being carted off the course by a Tour official. PGA Tour in-booth guidelines official Mark Dusbabek stated on Golf Channel’s broadcast that preliminary studies had Woods withdrawing due to “illness.”

Woods, who opened in 1-over 71, was 1 over in his second spherical, having made one birdie and two bogeys by means of six holes. He was 2 over for the event and out of doors the reduce line on the time, with the highest 50 gamers and people inside 10 pictures of the lead advancing.

Woods, who can be the event host, gave himself a sponsor exemption into this $20-million signature occasion at Riviera Country Club. It marked his first PGA Tour begin since withdrawing forward of the third spherical of the 2023 Masters Tournament, after which he underwent ankle surgical procedure.

Woods hasn’t accomplished 4 rounds of an official PGA Tour occasion since final 12 months’s Genesis Invitational (T-45). He has made simply six Tour begins for the reason that starting of 2022, with three withdrawals and one missed reduce.