Tiger commits to Charlotte event next week

Tiger Woods, winner of the 2007 Quail Hollow Championship and the No.1 ranked player on the Official World Golf Ranking, committed today to play in next week's Quail Hollow Championship. Woods will be making his fourth appearance in the Quail Hollow Championship and will make his first start since winning in 2007. He had to miss the 2008 edition due to knee surgery. Besides his victory in 2007, Woods finished T3 in 2004 and T11 in 2005. This is Woods' first tournament since he tied for sixth at the Masters two weeks ago.
Woods' commitment also means each of the top-four ranked players in the world will compete next week -Woods (No.1), Phil Mickelson (No.2), Sergio Garcia (No.3) and Geoff Ogilvy (No.4). The other players currently ranked among the top 14 in the world who are committed:  Padraig Harrington (No.6), 2005 champion Vijay Singh (No.8), Camilo Villegas (No.10), Robert Karlsson (No.11),  2008 champion Anthony Kim (No.13) and 2006 champion Jim Furyk (No.14).
Also, there are 45 players currently in the field who have won PGA Tour titles in the past two years, including two-time winner Dustin Johnson of Myrtle Beach.