Tiger Woods revealed Tuesday he had undergone surgery to repair a ruptured left Achilles tendon, derailing the veteran golf superstar’s comeback plans in the latest injury setback to rock the twilight of his glittering career.
“As I began to ramp up my own training and practice at home, I felt a sharp pain in my left Achilles, which was deemed to be ruptured,” Woods said in a post on X.
“This morning, Dr. Charlton Stucken of Hospital for Special Surgery in West Palm Beach, Florida performed a minimally-invasive Achilles tendon repair for a ruptured tendon.”
Woods had committed to play in this year’s Genesis Invitational but withdrew because he was “just not ready” days after the death of his mother, Kultida.
Woods’s latest injury setback comes less than a month before the first major of the year, the Masters at Augusta National.
He finished 60th at the Masters last year and missed the cut in the year’s other three majors.
AFP
