Tiger Woods is out for the season, discloses he has leg stress fractures
He'll need up to eight months to recover from surgery to repair a ligament in his left knee. He says he played the U.S. Open with stress fractures in his leg.
Sometimes wincing, often limping, Woods won the U.S. Open at Torrey Pines with stress fractures in his leg, he revealed on his website Wednesday, where he also announced he would not play again this year because he needs surgery to repair a torn ligament in his troubled left knee. He also has a double stress fracture in his left tibia.
His most recent surgery was done by Thomas Rosenberg in Park City, Utah, on April 15, two days after Woods finished second at the Masters. Rosenberg repaired cartilage damage.
"His pressing problem is cartilage damage on the lateral side of his knee under his kneecap," ElAttrache said. "ACL's can be fixed and stabilized, but the cartilage surface of the joint, that's unforgiving.
Woods will miss not only the British Open in July at Royal Birkdale and the PGA Championship in August at Oakland Hills in Michigan, but also the Ryder Cup in September at Valhalla in Kentucky.
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