Tiger Woods is back next week.
So is Phil Mickelson.
Thanks to the Farmers Insurance event at Torrey Pines, Woods and Mickelson are playing in January, and that in and of itself is an eye opener. Both will make their PGA Tour debuts for 2011 next Thursday.
Fact is, Mickelson couldn't even wait until next week. He's teeing up Thursday in Abu Dhabi on the European Tour with the other three major champions from 2010—Graeme McDowell, Louis Oosthuizen and Martin Kaymer.
Lee Westwood will also start his season before Woods. He's been on site in Abu Dhabi, knocking some of the rust off his game, as he's been rehabbing his bothersome leg and ankle that troubled him in the last few months of 2010.
This early start is a big departure for Mickelson from his typical routine. But Left has said that with the exception of the Masters, last season was not up to snuff for him.
Woods has been absent from Torrey Pines since his U.S. Open victory there in 2008. He was recovering from surgery in 2009, then missed 2010 with his self-imposed exile after his personal problems went ballistic.
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