News: Chevon World Challenge November 30 2011 6:15 pm Tiger to play a new event next year Tiger Woods played the Frys.com Open for the first time this year and will play another new event in 2012. By Brian Wacker, PGATOUR.COM THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. ?Where Tiger Woods will open his 2012 PGA TOUR still remains unknown ?he said Wednesday he뭠l take a look at the schedule in the next couple of weeks. What isn뭪 is that he will likely turn up somewhere he hasn뭪 played before, or at least at a tournament he hasn뭪 played in some time. 밯hat [PGA TOUR Commissioner] Tim [Finchem] wanted us to do is play different events each year, and I did that this year,?Woods said from the Chevron World Challenge. 밒 see no reason why I뭢 not going to do that next year. 밒 will play a new event next year. That뭩 something that I think is good for the TOUR so I뭢 going to do that for sure.? One such possibility that could fulfill both (sort of) would be Pebble Beach for the AT&T National Pro-Am, which Woods hasn뭪 played since 2002. Since 2006, Woods had opened his TOUR season at the Buick Invitational four times, including this year. But Woods has already committed next year to the Abu Dhabi Championship, which is the same week as the Torrey Pines event. 밒 love playing [at Torrey], but I also like playing in the desert,?Woods said. 밒 have never been to Abu Dhabi so decided to mix it up a little bit.? Another possibility, at least judging by Woods?schedule in recent years, would be starting his year at the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship. And with Woods now living in Jupiter, Fla., he could very well add The Honda Classic, which he has never played. While woods could open his 2012 season at any number of stops, what he won뭪 necessarily change is the number of tournaments he뭠l play. While he has in recent months talked about needing reps, he said Wednesday that his schedule, at least in terms of numbers, has worked out pretty well through the years. 밣eople don뭪 realize how much golf I play when I뭢 getting ready for an event,?Woods said. 밒 wasn뭪 able to do any of that [when injured] because I was under a strict ball count for the day. 밒 like to practice and then go out and play. I뭢 not one of those guys who can play a bunch of weeks in a row. I뭗 much rather just practice a lot, come out, play and be fully invested in that one event.? From 2000 to 2007, Woods played more than 19 events just twice. In 2008, his season was cut short by knee surgery, while in 2009 he played 17 events. His 2010 and 2011 schedules were impacted by injury or personal issues or both. So while it doesn뭪 sound like Woods will be adding to his schedule, he will be showing up somewhere new. Filed under: Tiger Woods