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Tiger Woods Has undergone seventh back surgery, this time to replace a disc in his lower back that has caused pain and mobility problems.
Woods said in a social media post that he had surgery new york And said it was the right decision for his health and his troubled back.
He did not say how long he would be away from golf, although it was unclear whether he would try to play in the Hero World Challenge. Bahamas Or the PNC Championship with his son Charlie. Both tournaments are in December.
He has not played since a playoff loss at last year’s PNC Championship.
It was his second surgery of the year – he had surgery in March after rupturing his left Achilles tendon – and his second back surgery in the last 13 months.
Woods said he has consulted doctors and surgeons while experiencing pain and lack of mobility in his back.
“The scans revealed I had a ruptured disc in my L4/5, disc fragments and a damaged spinal cord,” Woods said Saturday. “I chose to have my disc replaced yesterday, and I already know I made a good decision for my health and my back.”
Woods had the first of seven back surgeries in April 2014, which ultimately led to replacement of his lower back in 2017. A year later, he won the Tour Championship and then captured his 15th major and fifth green jacket at the 2019 Masters.
Now his back is the only part of his body that has been broken in the last five years. The most serious was a car accident in February 2021 in which he broke his right leg and ankle, which Woods has said almost led him to decide to have the leg amputated.
He managed to make a comeback a year later at the 2022 Masters.
Since the car accident, Woods has played only 15 times over the past four years, four of them in the PNC Championship where he can use a cart for the 36-hole event.
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