Devastating Woods update after car crash injury

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Tiger Woods painted an uncertain representation astir however overmuch play helium tin play, saying that "I don't person overmuch near successful this leg".

Woods is astatine Albany Golf Club strictly arsenic the tourney host. He had to retreat due to the fact that of plantar fasciitis successful his close ft that makes it excessively hard to locomotion implicit 72 holes, adjacent connected a comparatively level people for a vacation event.

Woods said helium was posting debased scores astatine location successful Florida portion riding successful a cart. And his adjacent 2 events — a made-for-TV lucifer implicit 12 holes connected December 11, and the PNC Championship with his lad the pursuing play — let for carts.

"I tin deed the play shot and deed immoderate changeable you want," helium said. "I conscionable can't walk."

He said the plantar fasciitis was related to injuries helium suffered successful the Los Angeles car clang successful February 2021, which ended immoderate anticipation of him playing connected a regular basis.

A twelvemonth ago, Woods was conscionable starting to instrumentality afloat swings with the operator and his ambition was to marque it to St Andrews for the 150th variation of the British Open. He coiled up playing the Masters and the PGA Championship, too.

That amounted to 9 rounds — 4 astatine Augusta National, 3 astatine the PGA Championship (he withdrew aft the 3rd round) and 2 astatine St Andrews.

Woods felt helium was making advancement successful the months aft the British Open, lone to wounded his close ft portion trying to hole for a 72-hole lawsuit successful the Bahamas.

"When you get plantar fasciitis, the worst happening you tin bash is walk, and I was walking much and much and more, trying to get my legs acceptable for this event, and I conscionable kept making it worse," helium said.

"So had to unopen it down."

He said helium would instrumentality a period oregon 2 to rest, which won't impact his play docket due to the fact that helium wasn't going to play that much, anyway.

This has been coming. Woods turns 47 connected December 30, and helium has had astir arsenic galore surgeries arsenic majors helium was won (15).

"The extremity is to play conscionable the large championships and possibly 1 oregon 2 more. That's it. Physically, that's each I tin do. I told you that (at) the opening of this year, too," helium said.

"I mean, I don't person overmuch near successful this leg, truthful cogwheel up for the biggest ones and hopefully, lightning catches successful a vessel and I'm up determination successful contention with a accidental to win, and hopefully, I retrieve however to bash that."

He said helium did everything to hole for St Andrews, lone for his limb to enactment up connected him and pb to an aboriginal departure packed with emotion. Woods does not expect returning to different Open astatine St Andrews.

His wellness wasn't large that week beyond his leg, though it wasn't COVID-19.

McIlroy, successful a wide-ranging interrogation with the Sunday Independent successful Ireland, said helium and Woods played a signifier circular astatine Ballybunion connected the Thursday earlier the British Open and McIlroy was feeling sick afterward.

He said sweat was pouring disconnected him and his somesthesia spiked. McIlroy called Woods, who reported helium was feeling fine. But past Woods texted him that nighttime and said helium had chills and a fever.

"And I'm like, '(Expletive), I've conscionable fixed Tiger COVID!' This is horrendous!'" McIlroy said. "So we some had COVID going into the Open."

Woods said helium tested for the coronavirus and it came backmost negative.

"Was I feeling nether the weather? Yes, wasn't feeling large the full week," Woods said. "But I ne'er got a affirmative test."

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