The 15-time major champion remains sidelined with injury as 2025 approaches and has not competed at a tournament since The Open Championship in July where he failed to make the cut although he is still determined to show off his golfing prowess.

Woods said: "I'm not tournament sharp yet, I'm still not there.

"When I'm ready to compete and play at [the top] level, then I will.

"The fire still burns to compete. The difference is the recovery of the body to do it is not what it used to be."

Woods has suffered a back injury that has spread to cause pain in his legs and he admits that he didn't expect to have to have back surgery for the sixth time earlier this year.

The former world number one said: "I didn't think my back was going to go like it did this year.

"It was quite painful throughout the end of the year, and hence I had another procedure done to it to alleviate the pain I had going down my leg.

"I feel like I'm getting stronger, I'm getting more pliable, but I've got a long way to go to be able to compete against these guys."

Meanwhile, Tiger suggested that players representing the United States at the Ryder Cup should receive a $5 million payment and give the money to charity after it was reported that the 12 US players at next year's event will receive a financial reward for the first time in the competition's history.

He recalled: "We had the same conversation back in 1999.

"We didn't want to get paid. We wanted to give more money to charity, [but] the media turned it round against us and said we wanted to get paid.

"The Ryder Cup makes so much money, why can't we allocate it to various charities?

"I hope they [USA's players] get five million dollars each and donate it all to different charities. I think that's great. What's wrong with that?

"It's so hard to get on to that team - there are only 12 guys. What's wrong with being able to allocate more funds?"