According to the Golf Channel report, Tiger Woods will return to competition from a recent neck injury at next week's Memorial Tournament. Woods will also take part in a nine-hole Wednesday skins match at Muirfield Village that will include Phil Mickelson, Steve Stricker, Rory McIlroy, Kenny Perry, Sean O'Hair, Zach Johnson and tournament host Jack Nicklaus.

In his last competitive appearance, Woods withdrew on the seventh hole of the final round of the Players Championship on May 9 due to an injury that was later found to be an inflamed facet joint in his neck.

Woods is the defending champion at the Memorial, earning his fourth career title at the event last year when they posted scores of 69-74-68-65 to defeat Jim Furyk by a single stroke with his golf clubs.

In two starts this season following a highly publicized personal scandal, Woods has seen mixed results. They done in a tie for fourth place at the Masters, but missed the cut at the Quail Hollow Championship one week prior to withdrawing from the Players. 

The original prognosis for his injury was a full recovery, with physical therapy, massage, rest & anti-inflammatory medicine being used to treat the problematic area.

"I require to thank everyone for their caring & concern," Woods said by his Net site on May 12. "I now need to take care of this condition & will return to playing golf when I am physically able."

While it is not clear when Woods will commit to the event, they has historicallyin the past declared his intentions to make such announcements earlier than the Friday, 5 p.m. ET deadline necessary by the PGA Tour.