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a timeline of Tiger WoodsAfter announcing on Saturday that he had undergone his seventh lower back surgery, the injuries:
December 1994 – As a new student stanfordWoods has undergone surgery to remove two benign tumors and scar tissue.
December 2002 – Woods undergoes surgery to remove fluid from inside and outside his body acl in her left knee, and to remove a benign cyst. Woods said that this surgery revealed to him that the ACT was damaged.
July 2007 – Tore his ACL while running on the golf course after the British Open. He won five of his last six tournaments, including the PGA Championship.
April 15, 2008 – Two days after finishing runner-up at the Masters, Woods underwent arthroscopic surgery to repair cartilage damage, but decided not to have the ACL repaired to give him a chance to play in the US Open.
May 2008 – A few weeks before the US Open, Woods was advised that due to two stress fractures in his left tibia, he should be on crutches for three weeks and out of golf for an additional three weeks.
June 24, 2008 – Woods has reconstructive surgery on his left knee to repair the ACL.
2008–2009 – At the 2010 Masters, Woods revealed that he had ruptured his right Achilles tendon in 2008, and re-injured the tendon several times in 2009, yet he continued playing.
May 2010: Woods withdrew during the final round of The Players Championship with what he believed to be a possible bulging disc. “I’ve been playing with a bad neck for a long time,” he told reporters. The injury was later diagnosed as an inflammatory aspect of his neck. Woods did not miss a single start, finishing tied for 19th in his next appearance at the Memorial Tournament the following month.
April 2011: Woods announced he would withdraw from the upcoming Wells Fargo Championship due to a “minor” injury to his left knee and Achilles tendon, which he claimed he had injured at the Masters earlier in the month.
May 2011: In his first start since announcing his most recent injury, Woods abruptly withdrew from The Players Championship after nine holes, and made an early exit from TPC Sawgrass for the second consecutive year. “The knee acted up and then the Achilles acted up,” he told reporters. The injury was later diagnosed as an MCL ligament sprain in his left knee and a left Achilles tendon strain, and Woods ultimately missed three months of action, including both the US Open and The Open.
March 2012: Woods withdrew from the final round of the WGC-Cadillac Championship with seven holes remaining, citing an injury to his left Achilles tendon. he wins after two weeks bay hill In his next start.
June 2013: Woods announced he would not play in the upcoming AT&T National due to a left elbow strain.
March 2014: Woods withdrew from the 13th green in the final round of the Honda Classic, citing lower back spasms.
April 2014: Woods announced that he would not participate in the Masters for the first time in his professional career. He also revealed that he recently had surgery on a pinched nerve in his back and that he hopes to return to the PGA Tour “sometime this summer”.
August 2014: Woods withdrew from the ninth hole of the final round of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, citing lower back pain. The injury was caused by an awkward lie on the second hole that sent Woods back into the fairway bunker after impact. He will play the PGA next week.
February 2015: In his second start of the year, Woods withdrew after completing 11 holes of his opening round at the Farmers Insurance Open, citing a back injury. Woods explained that the injury was caused by enduring several fog delays before the start of his round, and that he was unable to keep his glutes “active”. “My glutes are shutting down now,” he said. “Then they’re not activated and then, so, it goes into my lower back.”
September 2015: After showing signs of improvement in his final start of the season at the Windham Championship, on September 18, Woods announced that he had undergone a second microdiscectomy surgery two days earlier to remove a disc fragment that was pinching his nerve.
October 2015: Woods announced on his website that he had a “successful” procedure following his latest back surgery.
April 2016: Woods announced he would not participate in the Masters for the second time in three years.
February 2017: Woods withdrew from the Omega Dubai Desert Classic before the start of his second round due to back spasms.
April 2017: Woods announced on his website that he had fusion surgery on his lower back.
May 2017: Woods is arrested in Jupiter, FloridaOn suspicion of drunk driving. Woods later said that alcohol was not involved and that he had “an unexpected reaction to prescribed medications.”
July 2017: Woods tweeted that he “recently completed a private intensive program out of state” as he continued to seek professional help following his arrest for DUI on May 29.
October 28, 2017: Woods pleads guilty to reckless driving and enters a diversion program. He was sentenced to one year’s probation and ordered to pay a $250 fine and court costs.
March 4, 2019: After playing an injury-free 2018 and competing in three events in 2019, Woods announced his withdrawal from the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Woods, an eight-time winner of the event, cited a neck strain.
August 27, 2019: Woods announced that he had arthroscopic surgery to repair minor ligament damage in his left knee.
January 19, 2021: Woods announced that he had a fifth microdiscectomy procedure on his back.
February 23, 2021: Woods was involved in a single-vehicle rollover crash outside Los Angeles. According to a statement from his doctor, Woods suffered “significant” injuries to his right foot and ankle. Dr. Anish Mahajan, chief medical officer of Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, said Woods suffered open fractures to the upper and lower parts of his right leg, as well as a serious laceration to his right ankle. Doctors needed to insert rods, screws and pins to stabilize Woods’ leg, Mahajan said in a statement.
May 21, 2022: After successfully making the cut at the Masters, Woods also makes the cut at the PGA Championship. But after a 79 in the third round, Woods informed the PGA of America that he was withdrawing.
April 9, 2023: In his second start of the year, Woods missed the cut at the Masters after finishing tied for 45th at his own Genesis Invitational. But due to multiple weather-related suspensions, he will need to play 28 1/2 holes on Sunday to complete his third and final round. Woods, who played in bitterly cold and rainy conditions on Saturday, announced his withdrawal on Twitter on Sunday morning, saying, “I’m disappointed with the WD this morning due to my plantar fasciitis re-flaring up.”
April 19, 2023: Woods announced via his Twitter account that he had a subtalar fusion procedure in his right ankle “to correct post-traumatic arthritis from his previous talus fracture.”
September 13, 2024: Woods announced that he had lower back surgery, which he described as microdecompression surgery of the lumbar spine, for a nerve impingement in the lower back. He said he hoped this would reduce his back spasms throughout the season.
March 11, 2025: Woods undergoes surgery after rupturing his left Achilles tendon while increasing his workouts to prepare for the Masters. The surgery was described as “minimally invasive”.
October 11, 2025: Woods has lower back surgery to replace a disc. He says he struggled with pain and lack of mobility, and scans revealed a ruptured disc in his L4/5, disc fragments, and a damaged spinal cord.
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