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Tiger Woods has accomplished “profitable” surgical procedure on his ankle following his withdrawal from The Masters earlier this month, the 47-year-old introduced Wednesday.
The 15-time main winner made the minimize at Augusta Nationwide regardless of admitting to “fixed” ache, solely to drag out of the most important earlier than the resumption of the rain-delayed third spherical.
Visibly struggling to stroll throughout a grim begin to his spherical, Woods later defined that the withdrawal was on account of a reaggravation of his plantar fasciitis, a tissue irritation that causes ache on the underside of the foot.
The surgical procedure, carried out at HSS Sports activities Drugs Institute in New York Metropolis, was deemed to be “profitable” by Dr Martin O’Malley, in keeping with a submit from Woods’ Twitter account.
“Earlier right this moment, Tiger Woods underwent a subtalar fusion process to handle post-traumatic arthritis from his earlier talus fracture,” the assertion mentioned.
“Tiger is at the moment recovering and appears ahead to starting his rehabilitation.”
The assertion didn’t specify a timeline for Woods’ restoration course of or return to aggressive motion. The subsequent main on the calendar, the PGA Championship at Oak Hill in New York, looms on Might 18.
The golf icon’s aggressive appearances have been sporadic since struggling extreme leg accidents in a severe automobile crash in 2021, with Woods prioritizing collaborating on the majors.
His twenty fifth look at The Masters marked simply his second aggressive occasion of the yr, and in 2022, his PGA Tour outings had been restricted to The Masters, The PGA Championship and The Open Championship.
Woods’ withdrawal at Augusta sparked additional questions on his future in sport, with Woods himself uncertain as to what number of Masters appearances he had left in him.
Sky Sports activities analyst Butch Harmon mentioned he had hoped Woods wouldn’t make the minimize on the match, given the “agony” he noticed the golf legend enduring whereas navigating the hilly Augusta terrain.
“For those who look the place The Open is that this yr [Royal Liverpool], it’s pretty flat … US Open in LA – sure, the LA Nation Membership’s obtained some hills and stuff,” Harmon added.
“The issue right here [Augusta National] is the stroll, it’s simply such a troublesome stroll for everyone and so I feel it needed to occur for his sake. Will we see him once more? Gosh, I hope so.”
