{"id":1540853,"date":"2022-12-04T19:33:11","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T00:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1540853"},"modified":"2022-12-04T19:33:12","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T00:33:12","slug":"tiger-woods-injury-history-complete-timeline-golf-legend-injuries-surgeries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/tiger-woods-injury-history-complete-timeline-golf-legend-injuries-surgeries\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiger Woods Injury History: A Complete Timeline of the Golf Legend's Injuries and Surgeries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Tiger Woods<\/a> is widely considered the greatest golfer to ever play on the PGA<\/a> Tour. His 82 career wins are tied with Sam Snead for the most of all time, he ranks second in major championship victories with 15, and he's earned more money on the course than anyone in professional golf history. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The resume is already unparalleled as is, but it would be even more impressive today had Woods not battled injuries throughout his entire career. Woods has dealt with dozens of injuries to his knees, back, and more over the years, and he might never be 100% healthy again as he approaches the age of 47. So, let's go through Tiger's lengthy injury history and try to predict how much longer he'll be able to hobble through PGA Tour events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A timeline of Tiger Woods' injury history<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Tiger Woods falls to the ground in pain after hitting his second shot on the 13th hole during the final round of the 2013 Barclays at Liberty National Golf Club | Chris Condon\/PGA TOUR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

1994<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two years after making his PGA Tour debut in 1992, Woods<\/a> underwent surgery to remove two benign tumors and scar tissue from his left knee. He returned a few months later at the 1995 Masters and finished in a tie for 41st place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2002<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tiger went under the knife again in 2002 to remove fluid and benign cysts from his left knee. He didn't need much time to recover, though, as he returned two months later and won three of his first five starts of the 2003 season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2007<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Woods didn't miss much time in the first decade and a half of his career, but the injuries started to pile up starting in 2007. In August, he ruptured his left ACL during the Open Championship. An injury that severe would sideline most people for at least the rest of the season, but Tiger played through the pain and won five of his last six starts of the year. Incredible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2008<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2008 season was an eventful one for Woods in terms of injuries. He underwent surgery on his left knee in April, suffered two stress fractures to his left tibia in May, and all he did was win the U.S. Open in June on a broken leg<\/a>. After maybe the most impressive victory of his career, Tiger underwent surgery to repair his left ACL. He then injured his right Achilles tendon in December and missed a total of eight months. Woods ended up playing in just six events in 2008, and he won four of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2010<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Woods' injury story began with his legs, but the back issues started appearing in 2010. He missed the first few months of the season due to a bulging disc in his back and an inflamed facet joint in his neck. Despite returning to the golf course in April and playing the rest of the season, Tiger didn't win a single event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2011<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

During a T4 finish at The Masters, Woods injured his left Achilles on an awkward swing from under a tree on the 17th hole. He also missed two months in the middle of the season due to a sprained MCL in his left knee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2012<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Woods' left Achilles injury flared up in March of 2012, and he was forced to withdraw from the WGC-Cadillac Championship. He returned two weeks later and won the Arnold Palmer Invitational, because of course he did. He ended up playing in 19 events that season, which marked his most in a year since 2005.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2013<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a fairly healthy 2012 season, Woods suffered one of his scariest injuries when he tweaked his back during the 2013 Barclays and fell to his knees after a painful swing. He still finished in a tie for second place, but he struggled in his last three events of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2014<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tiger's back issues started to grow worse in 2014. He missed The Masters and multiple other events at the beginning of the year due to back spasms, and he was able to make only seven starts throughout the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2015<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Woods fought through back pain all year to make 11 starts in 2015, but his season ended when he underwent two microdiscectomy surgeries in September. He needed an additional back surgery a month later, which sidelined him for the entire 2016 season and most of the 2017 season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2017<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tiger made only two starts in 2017 before undergoing another back surgery in April, the fourth of his career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2705 Had four back surgeries
\u2705 Thought he\u2019d never play again
\u2705 Was ranked 1,199th in the world
\u2705 11 years since his last Major
\u2705 14 years since last Masters
\u2705 The greatest comeback ever

Tiger Woods is back \ud83d\ude4c pic.twitter.com\/cfpNzBvJTd<\/a><\/p>— talkSPORT (@talkSPORT) April 14, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote>