( CNN ) -- The planet 's most in-form golfer wo n't be lining up at Dove Mountain this month , but Tiger Woods has committed to playing the first of the season 's World Golf Championship events . Sunday 's Pebble Beach winner Brandt Snedeker has suffered an untimely injury blow and has been ruled out of the $ 8.5 million Accenture World Match Play Championship in Arizona due to rib soreness . The new world No . 4 has been replaced in the elite 64-man field by 66th-ranked Swede Fredrik Jacobson for the February 20-24 tournament . Snedeker , who went on holiday after playing his fifth tournament this year , has been advised to rest by his doctor but hopes to return for next month 's WGC-Cadillac Championship at Doral . He has had finishes of 3-23-2-2-1 this season , having scooped the $ 10 million FedEx Cup jackpot after winning last September 's Tour Championship in his final top-level PGA Tour outing of 2012 . World No . 2 Woods has committed to both WGC events plus the Honda Classic , starting February 28 , where he tied for second last year behind world No . 1 Rory McIlroy . `` The Honda Classic is a really good tournament , and it does a lot for the community , '' said Woods , who has already won one title this year , finishing ahead of Snedeker at Torrey Pines last month . `` I like the golf course , and I came pretty close last year . It 's part of a busy stretch for me , and I want to continue playing well . '' His three-tournament run comes in the lead-up to the Masters , where the former world No . 1 will seek to win his 15th major title but first since 2008 . Jacobson tied for seventh at Pebble Beach , just his second start since October due to back problems . He lost in the first round of the Match Play last year , his first appearance since 2005 when it was still held in Carlsbad , California . `` I 'm excited to come back , '' the 38-year-old said . `` I was there a few years before last year , and any of these tournaments , the WGCs , the majors -- if you 're on the bubble for them , you want to get some kind of rhythm where you get to play a lot of them and get accustomed to the courses . '' Phil Mickelson , who finished 60th in his Pebble Beach title defense the week after winning in Phoenix , will not be in the field at Dove Mountain . He withdrew to spend time with his family , and will be replaced by 65th-ranked Irishman Shane Lowry .
New world No . 4 Brandt Snedeker ruled out of Accenture World Match Play event . Irishman has been advised to rest due to rib soreness , hopes to return in Sunday . Second -ranked Shane Lowry commits to California tournament plus two others . Fredrik Jacobson and Brandt Snedeker have been drafted into 64-man field .