Golf: Woods to play next week in two events

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It was the left Achilles that caused him to miss two majors last year.

17 March,2012 10:45 am

Tiger Woods returned to practice Friday and declared himself ready to play next week after recovering from a strained Achilles tendon.Woods said on his website that his left Achilles tendon felt fine and that he would play in the two-day Tavistock Cup exhibition that starts Monday, and then the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill.Woods withdrew from the Cadillac Championship on Sunday after 11 holes with what he described as tightness in his Achilles tendon. One day later, doctors told him it was only a mild strain.It was the left Achilles that caused him to miss two majors last year.Woods has won Bay Hill six times. It will be his final tournament before the Masters begins April 5.