Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. Tiger Woods without Tiger was inevitable simply due to age.
He turns 50 at the end of this year and once relied on the adage that “the father’s time remains undefeated.” But for Woods, it has been the Lode of the mother injuries that prevents it from being in their own terms.
The last one was revealed in a publication on social networks that said there were The left Achilles tendon broke down and underwent surgery Tuesday: the minimally invasive variety, but that keeps it out of the teachers next month and probably everything else for the rest of the year.
“Apest,” said Rory Mcilroy on Wednesday at the players championship. “It is not very lucky when it comes to injuries and its body. Hoping to be in a good mood and hoping it is fine. Obviously we will not see him play golf this year, and I hope we see him may play in 2026 “.
Everything is “perhaps” with Woods, the player who made golf great to see, who made the television qualifications and money awards, who shot, who delivered a domain level measured not only by his 15 major and 82 titles in the PGA Tour, but the fact that he had no lasting rival, until the injuries and surgeries began to accumulate.
His mother, Kultida, died last month And Woods retired from invitational genesis as he fixed them with the loss. Chose Do not be in the players championshipThe last year of his exemption to win the 2019 Masters.
“When I started increasing my own training and practicing at home, I felt acute pain in my left Aquiles, which was considered to be broken,” he said in the mail.
Another lost year for a player who runs out of time. The list of injuries is amazing.
The left knee The lower back. Two fractures due to stress in its lukewarm while earning the Open of US 2008. An injury to the right Achilles tendon while running. An injury to his left Achilles tendon for hitting a shot of an uncomfortable lie in the teachers.
Six back surgeries, the most significant to merge your lower back in 2017. A car accident on a coastal road on the outskirts of Los Angeles That damaged his right leg and his ankle that he said that doctors watched the amputation. Plantar fasciitis. A tense oblique. Surgery to merge your right ankle.
She continued to return, and was still a forced attraction despite the fact that her appearance was largely limited to the elderly. He has played eight elders since the 2021 car accident and only twice finished the 72 holes, both in the Masters. He was never hunting in either.
There was a time when Woods was in a rhythm to break the gold standard in golf, 18 major won by Jack Nicklaus, until that seemed more unlikely with each injury.
“If I had been healthy, I think I would have obtained it,” Nicklaus said in an interview two weeks ago with Golf Channel. “But he didn’t remain healthy. We all have injuries, we all have different things that change things. Tiger had his problems. I feel bad for him. “
Nicklaus recalled to have told Woods: “Nobody wants their records to break. But I don’t want it not to break because you don’t have the ability to do it. I feel bad about him in that. “
Woods won his last specialty at the Masters 2019A surprising victory considering that it was only two years before it fought to climb the stairs to the Masters Club dinner. And then won later in the year in Japan for its title 82 records in the PGA Tour.
That was his last victory. He has not approached since then.
What keeps it going? What remains to try? That is a question that all golfers face, either age or injury. Few other sports offer so much longevity.
Mcilroy turns 36 in May: this is its 18th year as a professional. He knows that the day approaches, and has drawn an exit strategy.
“Every time I feel that the moment is correct, I will have no problem going aside and letting the next generation do its own,” Mcilroy said. “I would also like to get away a little in the tank. I don’t want to be there, embarrassing. I would like to get away a little before I should say so.
“I think you can reach an agreement with that and get away in your own terms, then that is a good thing.”
Nicklaus never wanted to be a ceremonial golfer. He played in all the largest for 12 years after winning the last in the Masters of 1986.
Has golf seen the last forest? He is exempt from life in the Masters and PGA championship. You can play the British Open for 10 more years. You can get away in your own terms, but your health will have a great voice in that.
Mcilroy was asked if he could ever see Woods being competitive again. That is what so many fans want to see, I hope to see, in the absence of any evidence in the last five years.
“He will try, I know he will try,” Mcilroy said. “But that is a question for him, not for me. Obviously I don’t know what is in your head. But judging by the previous behavior, he will definitely try. “
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