Bernhard and Jason Langer seek their third straight PNC Championship, this time without 2024 runners-up Tiger and Charlie Woods in pursuit.

Tiger Woods, speaking ahead of the Hero World Challenge, made his first public comments since undergoing disc replacement surgery Oct. 10.

Age and experience have put Woods in a unique role to modernize golf without ruining it. This is important to him, too. He thought back to his roots in public golf, to that first PGA Tour tee shot at Riviera at age 16, to winning the Masters at 21 and reaching No. 1 in the world longer than anyone.

As Tiger Woods approaches his 50th birthday, SI Golf will count down the biggest moments—the highs and the lows—of his career. We begin with Nos. 50-41.