Tiger Woods to make 2017-18 PGA Tour season debut in January

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Tom Doyle4 January 2018

Golf legend Tiger Woods will start his 2018 campaign by playing the Farmers Insurance Open and Genesis Open in California.

The 14-time major winner returned to action in December's Hero World Challenge following a fourth back operation, with injury having limited the former world number one to just four appearances in the last two years.

The 42-year-old has won the Farmers Insurance Open, which starts on January 25 at Torrey Pines seven times, while the Genesis Open is hosted by the Tiger Woods Foundation.

Woods posted on his official Twitter account: "Excited to start my season off in SoCal at FarmersInsOpen and genesisopen."

Woods released a statement on his website which read: "I'm very excited to be back at Riviera.

"I haven't played at Riviera in a tournament in a very long time. To be able to play in an event that I used to come to as an amateur, as a junior and now as the tournament host, that is on one of the most historic sites in all of golf, it's a dream come true."

Additional reporting by the Press Association.