17 Oct 2017

Woods given medical all clear

1:18 pm on 17 October 2017

The 41-year-old American has only played six competitive rounds in the past two years while trying to recover from multiple back surgeries.

"He got a nice report and is allowed to proceed," Woods' agent Mark Steinberg said in the report.

Tiger Woods

Tiger Woods Photo: Photosport

"He can do as much as he needs to do. Tiger is going to take this very, very slowly. This is good, but he plans to do it the right way."

Woods who won the last of his 14 major titles in 2008 and late last month suggested he may never return to competitive golf but also said he was "optimistic" he could.

Woods has posted a series of videos on Twitter recently while hitting a variety of shots, including one showing him hitting a driver under the caption "Making Progress."

In May Woods was charged with driving under the influence after he was found asleep at the wheel of a car in Florida.

Woods later apologised and blamed the incident on "an unexpected reaction to prescribed medications".