Tiger Woods supplied an replace at the injured ankle that pressured him to withdraw from the 2023 Masters in April. Having since passed through fusion surgical treatment at the ankle, the 15-time main champion showed it used to be now not a line merchandise on his laundry listing of accidents, and that the areas surrounding the ankle at the moment are of focal point.
“My ankle is fine. Where they fused my ankle, I have absolutely zero issue whatsoever,” Woods instructed the Associated Press. “That pain is completely gone. It’s the other areas that have been compensated for … all the surrounding areas is where I had all my problems and I still do. So you fix one, others have to become more hypermobile to get around it, and it can lead to some issues.”
Woods, who introduced Tuesday that he’ll function player-owner in the inaugural season of TGL he based with Rory McIlroy, has no longer been noticed on televisions since chickening out from the Masters in the 3rd spherical at Augusta National after making the reduce for a record-tying twenty third time. This previous week, alternatively, Woods emerged to caddy for his son, Charlie, in the Notah Begay III Junior Golf National Championship. Naturally, social media took realize.
Woods’ reputedly limp-free stroll comes as the development he hosts in the Bahamas, the Hero World Challenge which runs from from Nov. 30 to Dec 3, temporarily approaches. Announcing the 20-man box ultimate month, Woods left one spot open for minds to wander. It stays not likely Woods turns into the twentieth and ultimate guy in the sector, alternatively, as strolling 72 holes can be required with the development sanctioned by way of the PGA Tour.
“I’m pretty sore after caddying for four days,” Woods mentioned. “It was a flat course, thank God.”
Instead, the 47-year-old is much more likely to crew up with Charlie in the PNC Championship for the 3rd immediately 12 months. Taking position Dec. 14-17, the PNC Championship would permit Woods to make use of a golfing cart — like he did in 2021 and 2022 — given the development’s ties to the PGA Tour Champions.
Woods has performed in simply 5 tournaments since he used to be severely injured and hospitalized following a single-car crash in February 2021. The 82-time PGA Tour winner has been met with a blended bag, making 4 cuts but having to withdraw over the weekend on two events.