Tiger Woods announces he’s undergone ANOTHER surgery for nerve impingement in lower back
Tiger Woods has undergone surgery for a pinched nerve in his lower back, he announced.
The 48-year-old said in a proposition posted on his X page that “the surgery went smoothly and I hope this will help alleviate the back spasms and pain I have been experiencing for most of 2024.
“I look forward to rehabilitating and preparing myself to resume my normal life, including golf.”
The operation was formally called “lumbar spine microdecompression surgery.”
Woods has struggled with injuries in recent years. In 2021, he was involved in a serious car accident that broke his right leg and ankle and required emergency surgery.
Tiger Woods announced he has undergone another surgery, this time on his lower back
In 2023, he underwent further ankle surgery due to ongoing problems resulting from the crash.
His most recently announced back surgery is believed to be the sixth he has undergone on that body part alone.
It has been a tough year for Woods on the course, with him withdrawing from the Genesis Invitational due to flu symptoms and making just one of the four majors.
Woods finished 16-over par after four rounds at Augusta, but missed the cut at the PGA Championship, the U.S. Open and the British Open.
The 15-time Major winner’s last major victory came in 2019, when he won The Masters.
He hasn’t played much golf since then due to injury and will miss most of the 2023 season due to the subtalar fusion surgery he underwent as a result of the car accident.
Earlier this week, Woods was criticized for his “disgusting and unacceptable” decision to meet with the Saudi backers of LIV Golf in New York City just a day before the anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.
Both sides in the Gulf War are hoping to finally reach an agreement after the announcement of a shock merger between LIV and the PGA Tour in June 2023.
However, 9/11 Justice Chairman Brett Eagleson issued a scathing statement criticizing Woods for arranging the meeting just a day before the anniversary of the attacks, calling it “incredibly hurtful that the Tour and Woods would do this, especially now.”