Along with an appearance at Bethpage, where he won the 2002 U.S. Open, Woods will play at the Deutsche Bank Championship in Boston and the BMW Championship at Carmel.
Heading into the third round of the Australian Open, though, Woods is showing signs of regaining his form.
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Woods only visits these shores to play the Open, Mickelson is trying to copy Woods and does not like the cold anyway, and Singh is, well... nobody's sure what his excuse is this year.
Montgomerie finished second to Woods at the Open this year, five strokes behind the world number one.
McDowell's final round was the highest score by a US Open champion since Andy North's 74 at Oakland Hills in 1985 but he joins the illustrious list of Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson, Tom Kite and Woods as US Open winners at the iconic California course.
Following the Masters, the US Open in June is at Pebble Beach, where Woods won by a major record 15 shots in 2000, while the Open in July returns to the Old Course at St Andrews where he won by eight strokes 10 years ago and by five in 2005.
Tiger Woods was the US Open Champion in each of those 3 years.
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During the 2002 U.S. Open at Bethpage Black, which Woods won wire-to-wire, Garcia complained that play should have been stopped in the second round because of the rain.
McIlroy aims to get back in the swing -- and respond to the gauntlet thrown down by Woods at the Houston Open, where he could return to the No. 1 ranking with victory.
Woods, the US Open champion at Pebble Beach in 2000 and at Bethpage Black in 2002, is chasing his third major title in four starts after victories in last year's USPGA at Medinah and Open at Hoylake.
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Snedeker, runner-up to Tiger Woods in the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines and to Phil Mickelson at the Phoenix Open in the last two weeks, matched Friday's 68 to move three clear before James Hahn caught him with a 66.
The 35-year-old Woods, winner of the British Open in 2000, 2005 and 2006, also missed the 2008 tournament at Royal Birkdale following reconstructive knee surgery after his U.S. Open victory a month earlier.
Only four golfers in history have won the same tournament four years in succession, and Tiger Woods' victories in the Buick Open between 2000 and 2003 make the American the only player in the modern era to achieve it.
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The 39-year-old Cabrera is also used to the final day pressure of a major having won the U.S. Open at Oakmont in 2007, holding off Woods and both men will find comfort in the statistic that 17 of the last 18 winners of the green jacket having come from the final pairing on the last day.
Woods, a three-time British Open winner, has not played since mid-May because of the problems.
Woods's play at the Aussie Open would seem to be vindication.
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More than closing the financial gap on his long-time rival Woods, a U.S. Open victory would have the short-term impact of renewing the relevance of the Mickelson brand.
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Woods, who won the last US Open at Pebble Beach by 15 shots, was chasing a 15th major title after lighting up the tournament with a third-round 66 to roar back into contention.
As he did at Augusta, Woods entered the U.S. Open with the momentum of a tour victory, and over the tournament's first two days, he showed flashes, hovering at or near the top.
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After an opening 67, Woods was never in contention in the British Open.
Woods nearly won last week's Australian Open while Allenby missed the cut.
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Sergio Garcia played with Tiger Woods in the last round at the British Open and he had that deer in the headlights look from the first tee on.
Woods saw his hopes of an unlikely fourth Open title end with two double bogeys on the front nine on the way to a final-round 72 to finish three under.
Woods has been paired with Ernie Els and US Open champion Graeme McDowell.
The road wound down to a barn and an open field, and then out of the sun and into the woods, where we ran over tree roots and pine needles.
His play at Pula reflected the form which made him a final-day contender in the Open at St Andrews this year where he finished tied third behind playing partner Tiger Woods.
Despite his good form in 2012, Woods' last triumph in a major came at the U.S. Open in 2008.
Meanwhile, Tiger Woods recovered from the loss of a hole for breaching the rules to beat Open champion Lawrie at the 18th.
Woods is defending champion at Bay Hill, beating 2010 U.S. Open champion Graeme Dowell by five shots last year to secure his first tournament win since 2009.
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