Tiger Woods makes blunt injury admission after sixth back surgery
Tiger Woods has made a blunt admission about his playing future after a 2024 he admits was a lost year.
Despite hosting the Hero World Challenge at Albany Golf Club in the Bahamas this week, Woods will not play, as he continues to recover from a sixth back surgery.
Woods had a microdiscectomy to alleviate pain down his legs in September. Having played the tournament only once since 2019, he will once again watch from the clubhouse.
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Having vowed to play once a month, Woods played only five events in 2024 – the four majors plus his own Genesis Invitational, from which he withdrew in the second round with the flu.
He set a Masters record by making his 24th consecutive cut, but missed the cut in each of the three others.
Woods lamented 2024 as a lost year, primarily because of his ailing back that began to spasm as the year went on. He has no idea how often he will play in 2025.
Tiger Woods has admitted he remains in the dark about his playing future after undergoing yet another back surgery. Getty
"Whether my commitment going forward is once a month, yeah, I could say that all over again," Woods said.
"But I truly don’t know. I’m just trying to rehab and still get stronger and better and feel better, really give myself the best chance I can going into next year.
"This year, I had to toss it away and I wasn’t as sharp as I needed to be and I didn’t play as much as I needed to going into the major championships and I didn’t play well at them.
"Hopefully next year will be better. I’ll be physically stronger and better. I know the procedure helped and hopefully that I can then build upon that."
Woods was not asked if he planned to play in two weeks at the PNC Championship with his son, Charlie. It's a 36-hole event hosted by the PGA Tour Champions, so Woods could ride in a cart. He has played it each of the last four years.
- With AP
