Tiger Woods could be on the verge of a return to competitive golf, or at least a simulator-based golf competition.

TGL, the tech-driven virtual golf league created by Woods and Rory McIlroy, announced the rosters for its 2027 season on Tuesday, Oct. 20 and Woods was once again included as a member of Jupiter Links GC. The 15-time major winner did not play during the 2025-26 TGL season until the 2026 TGL Finals while recovering from back surgery and has not appeared in a professional golf tournament since The Open Championship in July 2024.

Woods will be joined on Jupiter Links GC by teammates Tom Kim, Akshay Bhatia, Max Homa and Keith Mitchell as TGL expands to five-man rosters and adds a new expansion team, Motor City Golf Club, for the 2027 season. The league did not announce the schedule for its third season yet. Last season began on Dec. 28.

Tiger Woods potential return with TGL

Woods agreed to a lesser charge as part of a plea deal in a Martin County, Florida courthouse last month related to the DUI charge he faced following a rollover car accident in March. The 50-year-old pleaded no contest to the reduced charges of willful wanton reckless driving and refusal to submit to lawful test and had his driver's license suspended for five years as part of the plea agreement.

Woods announced four days after the crash that he was "stepping away for a period of time to seek treatment and focus on my health." Since returning from a rehabilitation clinic in Switzerland in May, Woods has made several brief public appearances mostly in conjunction with the PGA Tour and has not publicly discussed his competitive golf future in detail.

Before the incident, Woods had been working his way back from another surgery with an eye toward playing in The Masters. He underwent a disc replacement surgery on his lumbar spine in October 2025. It was the seventh back surgery of his career, and the second in about a year's time after he underwent micro decompression surgery in September 2024. Woods also needed surgery when he ruptured his Achilles in March 2025 while training and practicing at home.

TGL 2027 teams and rosters

Jupiter Links GC

• Tiger Woods

• Tom Kim

• Max Homa

• Keith Mitchell

• Akshay Bhatia

Boston Common Golf

• Rory McIlroy

• Shane Lowry

• Hideki Matsuyama

• Keegan Bradley

• Michael Thorbjornsen

Atlanta Drive GC

• Justin Thomas

• Chris Gotterup

• Patrick Cantlay

• Michael Brennan

• Billy Horschel

The Bay Golf Club

• Wyndham Clark

• Ludvig Aberg

• Ryan Fox

• Min Woo Lee

• Blades Brown

Motor City Golf Club

• Brooks Koepka

• Jackson Koivun

• Si Woo Kim

• Jake Knapp

• Bud Cauley

New York Golf Club

• Cameron Young

• Matt Fitzpatrick

• Rickie Fowler

• Ben Griffin

• Alex Fitzpatrick