WASHINGTON (AP) Tiger Woods says he will play in his Washington-area tournament benefiting his foundation this summer. It would be his first appearance since 2015.

Woods has won the tournament twice since its inception in 2007. He returned to competitive golf in December and has since competed in five PGA Tour events.

Woods said Monday this has always been a special event for him. The tournament has no sponsor this time and will be called the National. It was most recently the Quicken Loans National, won last year by Kyle Stanley.

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Woods’ tournament has moved around since it began. This year it is at TPC Potomac in Potomac, Maryland, June 25-July 1.

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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) Bubba Watson sees golf differently from anyone else.

His most famous shot is still that gap wedge he hit from a forest of pine trees to the right of the 10th fairway at Augusta National in a playoff, the one he hooked some 40 yards to an elevated green. ”If I have a swing, I have shot,” is the credo he shares with longtime caddie Ted Scott.

It’s what he often refers to as ”Bubba golf.”

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What he still has trouble seeing is the amount of trophies that are starting to pile up.

He won the Dell Technologies Match Play for his second victory in his last four starts, the first time he has ever won twice in a season before the Masters. It was his second World Golf Championship and his 11th victory on the PGA Tour.

”A guy named Bubba from Bagdad, Florida, never had a lesson,” he said, a story he repeats often because part of him still can’t believe all he’s done. ”All I had is dreams and creativity. I enjoy playing golf because that’s what I’m..