CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Greenbrier owner Jim Justice likes to use the word "tickled" when he is excited.
Justice said he's certainly "tickled" that Tiger Woods has committed to play in the sixth annual Greenbrier Classic June 29-July 5 at the Old White TPC in White Sulphur Springs.
The news of Woods' decision came on Wednesday morning. Justice was informed via text while he was turkey hunting.
"Sure made me a happy camper," Justice said. "I was in the middle of the woods turkey hunting and they texted me about a quarter 'til nine that he was going to announce at 10 o'clock that he's coming. The first thing I did was holler. You can't do any good turkey hunting if you're whoopin' and hollerin' on top of a mountain."
Woods announced his summer schedule on his Twitter feed at 10:13 a.m.: "See you at the US Open, Open Champ, Memorial, Greenbrier and my Foundation's event, the Quicken Loans National. Going to be a busy summer."
The Memorial is June 4-7 at Muirfield Village Golf Course in Dublin, Ohio; the U.S. Open is June 18-21 at Chambers Bay Golf Club in University Place, Wash.; the Open Championship (British Open) is July 16-19 at St. Andrews Golf Club in Fife, Scotland; and the Quicken Loans National is July 30-Aug. 2 at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Va.
Woods is seeking to regain his dominance of the PGA Tour.
From June of 2005 until October of 2010, Woods set records for consecutive weeks at No. 1 with 281 and 623 weeks total.
The 14-time major champion has suffered through numerous injuries, limiting him to seven events in 2014 and only three so far this year.
Multiple knee issues - including the removal of a benign tumor in 1994 and a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament in 2007 - have slowed Woods. He also strained his Achilles in 2011 and reinjured it a year later.
However, it was his ACL injury that some believe was the catalyst for slowing his progress.
He won 14 majors in 12 years between 1996 when he turned pro and 2008. However, he hasn't won one since and has withdrawn from four PGA Tour events since 2010. Woods withdrew from just two events in his first 14 professional seasons.
He withdrew from the Farmers Insurance Open earlier this year after complaining of back stiffness. He then took a leave of absence, returning to play at the Masters earlier this month, finishing in a tie for 17th.
Despite his struggles, the 39-year-old Woods is considered an iconic figure on the PGA Tour and draws attention wherever he goes, Justice said.
"The one thing that Tiger does is makes (the tournament) an easy sell," Justice said. "He loves the golf course. Tiger is a golf study."
Woods played in just one of the first five events at the Greenbrier, missing the cut in 2012. He finished tied for 78th with 13 other players after shooting even par - one over 71 in the first round and one under 69 in the second.
That year, Ted Potter Jr. shot 12-under the final two rounds to win his first PGA Tour event. That was also marked the first time as professionals that Woods and Phil Mickelson missed the cut in the same tournament.
Woods has 79 career PGA Tour victories, second only to Sam Snead, the former pro emeritus at the Greenbrier.
"One thing he always goes back to is his love for the people of West Virginia," Justice said of Woods. "He loves that the people accepted him. We know how great the people of West Virginia are, but it's really neat when somebody from the outside talks about what we already know."
The announcement came one day after the Greenbrier revealed that Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton will perform in the Greenbrier Concert Series on Friday, July 3 in Fairlea. Justice said a second concert announcement is forthcoming. Although Justice said he doesn't have an act lined up, the concert will be held on either Wednesday, July 1 or Thursday, July 2.
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