Tiger Woods to make highly anticipated High Noon return alongside Patrick Reed

Former world number one Tiger Woods, sidelined for 15 months after back surgery, will make his return to competitive golf at High Noon on Thursday alongside Patrick Reed at the Hero World Challenge.

Pairings for the 18-man invitational event were released Monday and Woods, a 14-time major champion who has not won a major title since the 2008 US Open, will be the second to play in the sixth group out.

It will be the first time Woods has played competitively since he shared 10th at Greensboro in August of last year.

Woods, who fell to 898th in the world rankings on Monday, missed the cut at the US and British Opens and the PGA Championship last year.

Woods, whose 79 career PGA titles are three shy of Sam Snead’s all-time record, has not won a tournament since the 2014 Bridgestone Invitational, a World Golf Championships event at Akron, Ohio.

It will be the first time Woods has played in the event owned by his charity foundation since it moved last year to the Bahamas and the Albany resort’s par-72, 7,267-yard Ernie Els-designed course.