TIGER WOODS will play with basketball icon Steph Curry in the Safeway Open pro-am before his long-awaited comeback.
The superstar grouping comes as the 14-time Major champion returns to the game after 14 months out following three back operations.
Tiger Woods will play with Steph Curry in the Safeway Open pro-am Getty Images And in the traditional Wednesday shootout, Woods will be joined by Golden State Warriors hero Curry .
That has raised the hype levels around the 2016 season-opener further after Woods confirmed he would play last Friday .
The former world No 1 last competed in August 2015, when he finished tenth in the Wyndham Championship.
Signs of his comeback have not been all that promising – especially when he dumped three balls in the water from 100 yards at a promotional event .
Tiger Woods is making his long-awaited return to the game this week AP:Associated Press Golden State Warriors guard Steph Curry is one of the NBA’s hottest properties USA TODAY SPORTS / POOL
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But that was back in May and there has been little since to suggest the man ranked 786 in the world cannot begin his climb back to the top.
Another report claimed Woods would be paired with Phil Mickelson during the first two rounds in Napa, California.
Woods, who was a victorious vice-captain in the Ryder Cup , was seen enjoying a Stanford University American football game over the weekend.
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