Woods to skip Riviera?

Where’s that Tiger? Apparently, not at Riviera, where Tiger Woods doesn’t have next week’s Nissan Open on his schedule.

Woods, who played last week at Dubai, returned to his home in Isleworth, Fla., Tuesday morning and on Woods’ website soon after, he listed his next tournament as the Accenture Match Play Championship at Tucson, the week after Riviera.

That would mean that Woods’ winning streak of seven PGA Tour events would carry over until Tucson.

“We have to see if he plays L.A.,” Luke Donald said about Woods’ streak. “If he skips L.A., it might be more important than he is letting on.”

Tom Pulchinski, tournament director for the Nissan Open, says he isn’t hurt by Woods’ decision.

“He’s played what, 11 times?” Pulchinski said. “We’ve been very grateful he’s played our tournament that many times. He can’t play every year.”

Woods, who won the only PGA Tour event he has played in 2007 at Torrey Pines two weeks ago, has never won at Riviera in 11 appearances, nine as a professional.

Mark Steinberg, Woods’ agent, said Tuesday that an official announcement on whether Woods plays at Riviera wouldn’t come until Thursday or Friday.

-- THOMAS BONK