Tiger Woods has added the Honda Classic to his playing roster for the first time as a professional.
The world number 18 will play Nike Victory Red Pro STR8-FIT Tour Driver in the Palm Beach, Florida event on March 1-4 in a stretch that takes in the WGC Accenture Match Play and the WGC Cadillac Championship at Doral.
Woods now lives close to the course that hosts the Honda Classic, an event he last played as a 17-year-old amateur.
The PGA National is consistently ranked among the toughest in the world - last ranking second behind Open Championship venue Sandwich.
It is another departure from Woods' typical early-season schedule, coming after he played Nike Victory Red Pro STR8-FIT Tour Driver
in the AT&T Pebble Beach pro-am at the weekend, where a closing 75 saw him plummet down the field.
"I heard great things about the Honda Classic," he said. "Now that I live here I want to play whenever possible with Nike Victory Red Pro STR8-FIT Tour Driver