Woods’ rehab still ‘long way to go’

MIAMI  – Tiger Woods is looking forward to his first competitive rounds since suffering career-threatening leg injuries in a February car crash, but he said Friday the PNC Championship family tournament is no gauge of his readiness for the PGA Tour.

“I still have a long way to go in this rehab process,” said Woods, who suffered compound fractures in his right leg after the car he was driving in a Los Angeles suburb veered off the road and flipped several times.

“I don’t have the endurance to be out here to play at the tour level. This is different,” he said after playing a pre-tournament pro-am round with his 12-year-old son Charlie on Friday.

“I can hit around here, drop a ball here, hit a few wedges, do that. But to go out there and have 220 yards and know that you have to hit a 3- or 4-iron and miss the ball in the correct spot, and then hit certain shots and one stroke determines whether you win or lose, that’s a totally different mindset.”