Claim: Tiger Woods has competed in a tournament.

The World Golf Championships -LRB- WGC -RRB- are a group of four annual events for professional golfers created by the International Federation of PGA Tours . All four WGC tournaments are official money events on the PGA Tour , European Tour , and the Japan Golf Tour , and officially sanctioned by the Asian Tour , Sunshine Tour , and PGA Tour of Australasia .   All four WGC events offer comparable prize money to the major championships . In the pantheon of golf events , some rank WGCs immediately below the major championships and above all other competitions ; however , others would put The Players Championship , the so-called `` Fifth Major , '' above WGC events . The winner of a WGC event earns a three-year PGA Tour exemption .