Tiger Woods announces Achilles tear

Tiger Woods introduced on Tuesday that he tore his left Achilles tendon.

“Once I began to carry out my very own coaching and observe at residence, I felt a pointy ache in my left Achilles, which was thought of torn,” Woods introduced on social media.

Woods stated he was present process the operation on Tuesday, it went “easily” and “we count on an entire restoration.”

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Tiger Woods of the US on the third gap in the course of the ultimate spherical. (Reuters/Brian Snyder/File picture)

“I’m again residence now and I intend to focus on my restoration and rehabilitation, thanks for all of the assist.”

Woods has participated in his new firm, TGL, a Golf Simulator League based by Woods and Rory Mcilroy. He works with Tom Kim, Max Homa and Kevin Kisner.

The already gloomy way forward for Woods nonetheless appears ominous in a technique or one other. Because the end was recorded for the ninth within the 2020 Farmers Insurance coverage Open, his greatest end in its 18 official occasions has since been tied up for thirty seventh on the PGA championship 2020.

Final yr he participated in solely 5 occasions, one in every of them the Genesis Invitational, the opposite 4 Majors. He withdrew from the Genesis, completed final dying within the Masters and missed the reduce within the final three Majors.

Tiger Woods appears at his T -shirt on the primary gap in the course of the first spherical on the Masters 7 April 2022, Augusta, Ga. (AP Photograph/Matt slocum)

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That got here after he solely participated within the Genesis and Masters in 2023, the place he completed within the forty fifth place and withdrew. In 2022 he performed within the Masters (forty seventh), the PGA Championship (withdrawn) and the Open Championship (missed reduce).

Simply when it turned out that Woods turned the clock again, it appeared like all false hope. In 2018 he completed second within the FedEx Cup classification. In 2019 he gained the Masters.

Since then it has been a tough piece for Woods, who, in 14 Majors since successful the Inexperienced Jacket in 2019, has not collected Prime 20 End. It has been his longest streak because it didn’t finish within the prime 20 within the first six Majors of his profession in 1995 and 1996. In his final 26 Majors he has solely 4 prime 20 Finishes.

Tiger Woods was concerned in a automobile accident with one automobile in February 2021. (Oisin Keniry/Getty photos)

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After the US Open, Woods, who grew to become 49 in December 49, admitted that it had been “maybe” his final. His final damage raises extra questions on his future.

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