(CNN) -- Tiger Woods has added to his tournament workload as he bids to return to winning ways in the majors this season.
The 36-year-old American is stalled on 14 major titles -- four short of the all-time record held by Jack Nicklaus -- since his U.S. Open triumph in 2008.
His career has been interrupted by injury and well publicized problems in his personal life, but this year Woods returned to top form with victory in the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill.
But disappointing showings at Quail Hollow, where he missed the cut, and the U.S. Masters and Players Championship have taken the shine off that win as he heads into the big tournaments this summer.
Tiger Woods had to defend himself at a press conference ahead of this week's $9.5 million Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.
Tiger Woods lines up at Players Championship
Rickie Fowler, one of golf's most colorful characters, celebrates his first PGA Tour title at Quail Hollow, where he won in a playoff against 2010 champion Rory McIlroy and D.A. Points.
Fowler's first PGA Tour title
Woods announced on his official website that he will play in the Greenbrier Classic for the first time before heading for the British Open at Royal Lytham in July.
His arch-rival Phil Mickelson will also tee it up on the Old White TPC course which saw Australian Stuart Appleby shoot a remarkable 59 in 2010 to win the tournament.
Woods, who has won 72 times on the PGA Tour, has previously built his preparation for majors around a restricted schedule of select tournaments, but earlier this season he sprang another surprise by playing in the Honda Classic for the first time since his teenage years.
"I'm excited about my schedule and looking forward to competing," said Woods, who will next head for the Memorial Tournament, hosted by Jack Nicklaus, which starts on May 31.
It will act as a tuneup for the second major of the season in the U.S. Open on the Olympic Course in San Francisco.
His preparation events for the British Open will be the AT&T National at Congressional before heading to the Greenbrier resort in West Virginia.
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Woods missed the halfway cut at his last tournament, the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow, which was won by Rickie Fowler.
Quail Hollow was Woods' first outing since finishing 40th at the Masters, where he was watched by his mother Kultida (left) and Phil Knight, co-founder of one of his main sponsors, Nike.
Woods with rock star Jon Bon Jovi, who performed at Tiger Jam 2012 on April 28. The event raised almost $1 million for Woods' charity foundation.
Fowler holds the Wells Fargo Championship trophy alongside his mother Lynne (letf) and girlfriend Alexandra Brown.
The 23-year-old wished his close friend Bubba Watson had been there to help celebrate. Fowler was on the green when Watson won his first major at the Masters in April, but the left-hander has played only one tournament since then as he is spending time with his newly-adopted son.
McIlroy (left) won at Quail Hollow in 2010 for his first PGA Tour victory, but lost out to Fowler in the rookie of the year award.
They played together for the first two rounds at last year's Masters, where McIlroy suffered a final-day collapse before winning his first major at the U.S. Open two months later.
They were paired again at the next major, the British Open at Royal St. George's -- where Fowler tied for fifth and McIlroy was 25th.
The duo's rivalry goes back to their amateur days, with Fowler helping the U.S. to beat Great Britain and Ireland in the 2007 Walker Cup on McIlroy's home soil at the Royal County Down Golf Club.
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