Tiger Woods is looking to play later this month at the PGA Phoenix Open, an event he's skipped since 2001, the former world No 1 confirmed on his website.
Woods has not played in the tournament, known for rowdy fans and loud cheers, since a spectator tossed an orange ontoa green while he was putting.
He was also heckled by a spectator in 1999 who was later found to have a gun at the time.
"It will be great to return to Phoenix," the 14-time major champion said in an article posted on tigerwoods.com, which also confirmed that after playing in Phoenix from January 29 to February 1 he would play in the Farmers Insurance Open on February 5-8 at Torrey Pines.
The tournament's par-3 16th hole offers epic scenes unusual in golf of fans cheering and yelling as if they were at a baseball game.
"The crowds are amazing and always enthusiastic, and the 16th hole is pretty unique in golf. Torrey is a very important place to me. My pop took me there when I was younger, and I have a lot of special memories of watching the tour play there when I was growing up."
Woods famously delighted the crowd with an ace at the 16th in 1997.
Chasing the all-time record of 18 majors won by Jack Nicklaus, Woods returned last month from a four-month layoff due to a back injury at the Hero World Challenge in Florida.
