Golfer Tiger Woods will make his competitive return after nine months on the sideline, when he plays at the Hero World challenge on November 30.

The 14-time major champion, who has had four back operations in the past three years, has not played since withdrawing from February’s Dubai desert classic.

The 18-man event in November, hosted by 41-year-old Woods in the Bahamas, is an unofficial money event on the PGA tour.

The American, who won the last of his major titles in 2008, had back fusion surgery in April and last month said he may never return to competitive golf, however his agent said earlier in October that he had been cleared to resume playing.