It has been nearly nine months since Woods has played golf competitively, his last round coming in early February in Dubai, where he shot an opening-round 77 and withdrew the following day because of back spasms. Two months later and after missing the Masters for a second consecutive year, he underwent a fourth back surgery and hasn’t pegged it since. During that time, he was also arrested on suspicion of DUI over Memorial Day weekend, a charge that is expected to be reduced on Friday to reckless driving as part of a Palm Beach County diversion program that Woods will likely agree to enter into.