Tiger Woods said he did not know how he felt about facing golfers who had left the PGA Tour for rival LIV Golf for the first time at the Masters in April, but acknowledged that the splintering of the sport had taken a toll.
"I don't know what that reaction is going to be," said Woods, who will tee it up at the PGA Tour's Genesis Invitational this week.
"I know that some of our friendships have certainly taken a different path, but we'll see when all that transpires. It's still a couple of months away."
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