Woods out until 2016 after surgery

Golf legend goes under the knife again after a miserable season


Afp September 19, 2015
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LOS ANGELES: Golf superstar Tiger Woods said he will be sidelined until 2016 after a second back surgery, but confidently predicted he would make a full recovery.

In an article posted on his website, the 14-time major champion revealed he had surgery on Wednesday in Utah.

The microdiscectomy was similar to the procedure he underwent on March 31, 2014, Woods said.

“This is certainly disappointing, but I’m a fighter,” said Woods. “I’ve been told I can make a full recovery, and I have no doubt that I will.”

In the meantime, Woods said he would have to withdraw from the USPGA Tour’s Frys.com Open in October, as well as the two-man America’s Golf Cup in Mexico City and his own unofficial Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas in December.

“I’d like to send my regrets to Frys and all those associated with the America’s Golf Cup,” said Woods. “Those were two events I was really looking forward to playing.”

Woods said he would attend the Hero World Challenge that benefits his charitable foundation, but won’t be able to play. “I look forward to being there to support my event,” he said.

Woods struggled through a miserable 2015 campaign that included missed cuts at three straight major championships — the US Open, British Open and PGA Championship.

He posted his worst rounds as a pro — an 82 at the Phoenix Open and an 85 at the Memorial, even taking a break from the competition early in the year to try to sort out his game.

Things were looking up last month when Woods was in contention for his first US PGA Tour win since 2013 at the Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, North Carolina, where he eventually finished tied for 10th and missed the US tour’s season-ending play-off series.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 20th, 2015.

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