Tiger Woods went via a seventh again surgical procedure Friday, this time to switch a disk in his decrease again that had induced ache and mobility points.
Woods stated in a social media put up Saturday that he had the surgical procedure in New York and added it was the suitable choice for his well being and his troubled again.
He didn’t point out how lengthy it might preserve him out of golf, although it was unclear if he was attempting to play in his Hero World Problem within the Bahamas or the PNC Championship together with his son, Charlie. Each tournaments are in December.
He hasn’t performed since a playoff loss within the PNC Championship final 12 months.
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It was his second surgical procedure of the 12 months — he had a process in March after rupturing his left Achilles tendon — and his second again surgical procedure previously 13 months.
Woods stated he consulted medical doctors and surgeons after experiencing ache and lack of mobility in his again.
“The scans decided that I had a collapsed disc in L4/5, disc fragments and a compromised spinal canal,” Woods wrote within the put up Saturday. “I opted to have my disc changed yesterday, and I already know I made an excellent choice for my well being and my again.”
Woods had the primary of his seven again surgical procedures in April 2014, which ultimately led to having his decrease again fused in 2017. A 12 months later, he gained the Tour Championship after which captured his fifteenth main and fifth inexperienced jacket on the 2019 Masters.
He was in a automotive crash in February 2021 that shattered his proper leg and ankle, which Woods has stated almost led to an amputation.
He returned a 12 months later on the 2022 Masters.
For the reason that automotive crash, Woods has performed solely 15 instances previously 4 years, 4 of these on the PNC Championship, the place he can use a cart for the 36-hole occasion.
