Tiger Woods is out for the season, discloses he has leg stress fractures

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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Tiger Woods: one-leg wonder

Tiger Woods proves a knee injury is no obstacle as he bids to land another major

Woods hauled himself into that position despite a pain with which he has been plagued all week, even if he refuses to admit as much. Good players don’t like excuses, for they are a licence to permit failure. Woods has led us to believe that this knee problem of his, which has kept him out for nine weeks, and denied him a single competitive round since The Masters, is “no big deal”.

Asked when he comes off the course whether he feels any pain, “uh, huh” is the extent of his response. Pressed further, he opens his heart to the world’s media. “It’s a little sore,” he reveals.

His drive from the 18th tee in Thursday’s opening round prompted a grimace that gave the game away. And before his second round, he was spotted limping on the range. But it was during Friday’s play that he let slip the most visual demonstration yet, not only of his pain barrier, but of his determination to play through it. The first at Torrey Pines, Tiger’s 10th that day, was a turning point at this year’s US Open, the juncture at which winning the title on one leg seemed not so outlandish a proposition.

Here, there have been eagles, unlikely recoveries from the long stuff, and even the odd putt from 30 yards off the green, as closely-mown areas around the putting surfaces promote a degree of invention. For once, protecting par does not appear to be the USGA’s priority. Statistically, the second round played two shots easier than the first, which is almost unheard of in a tournament that traditionally grows more brutal by the day. Recent changes at Augusta National have led some to describe The Masters as the new US Open. Any more of this, and they’ll be calling the US Open the new Masters, especially if Woods remains high on the leaderboard.

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Tigerwoods.com - Tiger Woods official website.

Tiger Woods (born Eldrick Tont Woods,[1][2][3] December 30, 1975) is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Currently the World No. 1, Woods was the highest-paid professional athlete in 2007, having earned an estimated $122 million from winnings and endorsements. According to Golf Digest, Woods made $769,440,709 from 1996 to 2007,[4] and the magazine predicts that by 2010, Woods will become the world's first athlete to pass one billion dollars in earnings.[5]
Woods has won fourteen professional major golf championships, the second highest of any male player, and 65 PGA Tour events, third all time. He has more career major wins and career PGA Tour wins than any other active golfer. He is the youngest player to achieve the career Grand Slam, and the youngest and fastest to win 50 tournaments on tour.
Woods has held the number one position in the world rankings for the most consecutive weeks and for the greatest total number of weeks. He has been awarded PGA Player of the Year a record nine times, the Byron Nelson Award for lowest adjusted scoring average a record eight times, and has tied Jack Nicklaus' record of leading the money list in eight different seasons. He has been named Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year a record-tying four times, and is the only person to be named Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year more than once.
Woods, who is multiracial, is credited with prompting a major surge of interest in the game of golf. Woods dramatically increased attendance and TV ratings and generated interest among a multicultural audience in a game that used to be considered insular and elitist.[6][7]