Tiger Woods has undergone surgery for a nerve impingement in his lower back, he announced.
The 48-year-old said in a statement posted to his X page that ‘the surgery went smoothly, and I’m hopeful this will help alleviate the back spasms and pain I was experiencing throughout most of the 2024.
‘I look forward to tackling this rehab and preparing myself to get back to normal life activities, including golf.’
The surgery was formally referred to as ‘microdecompression surgery of the lumbar spine.’
Woods has dealt with extensive injury issues in recent years, as he was involved in a serious car accident in 2021 that broke his right leg and ankle and required emergency surgery.
Tiger Woods announced that he’s had another procedure – this time on his lower back
He later had another ankle surgery in 2023 to address lingering issues from the crash.
His most-recently announced back procedure is also believed to be the sixth he’s received just on that area of the body.
It’s been a difficult year for Woods on the course, as he withdrew from the Genesis Invitational with flu-like symptoms before making the cut in just one of four Majors.
Woods finished 16-over-par after four rounds in Augusta but did not make the cuts at the PGA Championship, US Open and British Open.
The 15-time Major winner’s last big win came in 2019, when he won The Masters.
Since then, he has not played much golf due to injury and missed most of the 2023 season due to the subtalar fusion procedure he had performed stemming from the car accident.
Earlier this week, Woods was slammed for his ‘disgusting and unacceptable’ decision to meet with LIV Golf’s Saudi Arabian backers in New York City – just a day before the anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center .
Both sides of golf’s civil war are hoping to finally work out a deal following the announcement of a shock merger between LIV and the PGA Tour in June 2023.
However, 9/11 Justice president Brett Eagleson released a damning statement criticizing Woods for taking the meeting just a day before the anniversary of the attacks, calling it ‘incredibly painful that the Tour and Woods would do this—especially now.
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