Will Tiger Woods return to Valhalla for round 2 of the 2024 PGA Championship?

Tiger Woods will return to Valhalla for the second round of the 2024 PGA Championship. Woods will tee off at 1:29 PM ET with Adam Scott and Keegan Bradley on Friday, 17 May at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky.

Woods scored 1 over 72 in the first round at Valhalla. Overall, he scored three birdies and four bogeys on the first day at the PGA Championship. Woods started slow and was 1-over par after three holes. He spoke about it in the post-round press conference.

Woods said (via PGA Tour):

"It took me probably three holes to get back into competitive flow again and get a feel for hitting the ball out there in competition, adrenaline, temperatures, green speeds. These are all things that normally I adjust to very quickly, and it just took me a few holes to get into it."

In his last Major, at the 2024 Masters, Woods had a similar first round where he scored 1-over 73. Woods was also asked if he could foresee the eventual condition of his body before games. Woods responded:

"I am getting stronger for sure ... Each day is a little bit different. Some days, it's better than others. It's just the way it is. My body is just that way. Some days, it feels great, and other days, a bit of a struggle."

Tiger Woods successfully made the cut at the 2024 Masters for a record 24th consecutive time. He will look to make successive cuts at the second Major of the year at Valhalla. When asked how he manages to make the cut in almost every tournament he plays, Woods said:

"You can't win a tournament unless you make the cut. That's the whole idea is get to the weekend so that you can participate and have a chance to win."

Woods won the 2000 PGA Championship over Bob May in a three-hole playoff which was also held at the same venue.

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Tiger Woods' performance at PGA Championships

Of his 15 Majors, Tiger Woods has won four of them at the PGA Championships. After he turned professional in 1996, he made his debut at the tournament in 1997 and finished tied for 29th position.

Woods won his first Wanamaker Trophy at his third tournament in Medinah, Illinois, held at Medinah Golf Course. He won by one stroke over Sergio Garcia. He followed it with another victory in 2000 at Valhalla Golf Club, the same venue as this year's tournament.

Rich Beem got the better of Tiger Woods in the 2002 PGA Championship by one stroke at Minnesota. He won the 2006 tournament again at Medinah getting the better of Shaun Michael by five strokes. In 2007, he won again at Souther Hills by two strokes over Woody Austin.

Let's take a look at Tiger Woods' past performances at the PGA Championships:

• 1997- T29
• 1998- T10
• 1999- 1
• 2000- 1
• 2001- T29
• 2002- 2
• 2003- T39
• 2004- T24
• 2005- T4
• 2006- 1
• 2007- 1
• 2009- 2
• 2010- T28
• 2011- CUT
• 2012- T11
• 2013- T40
• 2014- CUT
• 2015- CUT
• 2018- 2
• 2019- CUT
• 2020- NT
• 2022- CUT

Tiger Woods failed to make the cut in his last appearance at the 2022 PGA Championship.