Tiger Woods out for season, set to play off course instead

Tiger Woods has announced he will pull the pin on the rest of the season, citing on-going rehab from a spate of back surgeries late last year.   

The PGA released a statement last week in which they announced that Woods had withdrawn from their upcoming tournament. Woods’ agent, Mark Steinberg added shortly after that Woods would not play in any further events in the 2015-2016 season, citing his ongoing rehab from a string of back surgeries.

Woods, who has long struggled with back injuries, or as you and I might call it “shaggers back”, first underwent back surgery in early 2014. A second microdiscectomy was performed last September, with a follow-up procedure just six weeks after. Steinberg also added that it didn't make sense for Woods to play this season, given the number of events left on the calendar. 

When Woods pulled out of The Open at Royal Troon earlier this month, it marked the first time in his professional career that he had missed three majors in a row, which is now, after his announcement set to become four. Woods last played in a PGA tour event in August 2015 when he finished tied for 10th at the Wyndham Championship. Woods has not won a tournament since 2013 and last won a major at the 2008 US Open.  

The PGA championship will be played from July 28-31 at the Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, New Jersey. 

This article first appeared in Issue 16, 2016.
Posted 10:57am Sunday 24th July 2016 by Hugh Baird.