Tiger Woods making return to the golf course with son in upcoming PNC Championship

Nearly one year after Tiger Woods was involved in a horrific single-vehicle roll-over accident resulting in numerous injuries, the golf legend has announced his return to the sport.

Woods announced on Wednesday that he would be playing in the PNC Championship with his 12-year-old son, Charlie.

"Although it's been a long and challenging year, I am very excited to close it out by competing in the @PNCchampionship with my son Charlie," Woods wrote. "I'm playing as a Dad and couldn't be more excited and proud."

The tournament, which takes place next weekend in Orlando, Florida "provides the chance to see 20 Major Champions team up with a member of their family and play the game they truly love — together."

Woods was involved in a single-car accident on February 23, 2020, which was ruled by police to be caused by his speed. Police say Woods was driving 84 to 87 mph outside of Los Angeles in an area with a 45 mph speed limit.

In a statement given shortly after the accident giving an update on his condition, Anish Majajan, Chief Medical Officer & Interim CEO at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, said: "Comminuted open fractures affecting both the upper and lower portions of the tibia and fibula bones were stabilized by inserting a rod into the tibia. Additional injuries to the bones of the foot and ankle were stabilized with a combination of screws and pins. Trauma to the muscle and soft-tissue of the leg required surgical release of the covering of the muscle to relieve pressure due to swelling."

Woods told reporters last week that recovering from these injuries has been significantly more difficult than the other 10 surgeries he's undergone during his golf career.

"This one's been much more difficult. The knee stuff that I had on my left knee, those operations were one thing, that's one level," Woods said, according to The Daily Wire. "Then you add the back, that's another level. And then with this right leg, it's hard to explain how difficult it has been just to be immobile for the three months. I just lay there and I was just looking forward to getting outside. That was a goal of mine."

"It's been tough at times — some dark moments — but then again, as I was making progress through it too, I could see some light," Woods added. "And that was giving me hope. I'm able to participate more with my kids and their activities. And life in general. As I said, I'm on the positive side."

Woods noted that his career in golf won't be what it was pre-accident, adding that winning the 2019 masters after recovering from a 2017 back injury made the fact easier to accept.

"I got that last major, and I ticked off two more events along the way," Woods said. "I don't foresee this leg ever being what it used to be, hence I'll never have the back what it used to be, and [the] clock's ticking. I'm getting older, I'm not getting any younger. All that combined means that a full schedule and a full practice schedule and the recovery that it would take to do that, no, I don't have any desire to do that."