Tiger Woods cleared to get back in swing

Tiger Woods got the OK to schedule a tee time — although it may not come on the PGA Tour for a while.

Woods, who hasn’t played in a tournament in nine months, was medically cleared to resume golf activities, his agent told ESPN on Monday.

The 41-year-old Woods, a winner of 14 major championships, received a thumbs-up after meeting last week with the surgeon who performed fusion surgery on his back in April.

“He got a nice report and is allowed to proceed,” agent Mark Steinberg said. “He can do as much as he needs to do. Tiger is going to take this very, very slowly. This is good, but he plans to do it the right way.”

Asked whether there was a timetable for Woods’ return to the PGA Tour, Steinberg said that has not been discussed.

“We will see what each day brings, what each week brings,” Steinberg said.

On Sunday, Woods posted a video on Twitter he himself hitting a driver, which he captioned: “Making Progress.”

Wood received the go-ahead to resume swinging a club at the end of August, although it was restricted to hitting balls with a pitching wedge at the time.

That came just 2 1/2 weeks after toxicology reports revealed that Woods had five drugs in his system when he was arrested for driving under the influence near his home in Florida on Memorial Day.

Woods was arrested around 2 a.m. on May 29 when officers found him unconscious in his Mercedes-Benz about 15 miles from his home in Jupiter, Fla. The car was awkwardly parked on the side of the road and the driver’s side of the vehicle was damaged.

He told officers he was taking the painkiller Vicodin and the anxiety medicine Xanax to deal with pain from April back surgery.

Woods attempted a comeback earlier this year after a 17-month absence, and it didn’t go well.

He missed the cut at the Farmers Insurance Open in late January. The following week, he withdrew after the first round of the Dubai Desert Classic due to back spasms.

Woods held out hope he could play in the Masters in early April but eventually announced he was unable to play.

He originally underwent microdiscectomy surgery to remove a fragment that was causing a pinched nerve in the spring of 2014. He later underwent another microdiscectomy surgery in September 2015 and a follow-up procedure the following month.