Another back operation, the sixth of his career and the first since 2021, for Tiger Woods.
Tiger Woods, statements
The Californian champion underwent a new surgery due to a lesion in the lower back. “Everything went well and I hope that this operation will help me relieve the pain felt in these months.
I can’t wait to start rehabilitation again to return to the normal activities of my life, including golf”, Woods’ statements. Eldrick Tont Woods, better known as Tiger Woods, born December 30, 1975 in Cypress (California), is an American golfer.
Considered one of the greatest golfers of all time, he is one of the most popular sportsmen of the early 21st century. Winner of 15 major tournaments, he revolutionized the world of golf with his sporting results and by attracting a new audience.
Precocious, Tiger Woods started golf at a very young age and had an exceptional career in all junior categories. An amateur scrutinized for his extraordinary qualities, he became professional at the end of the summer of 1996.
Winner of the 1997 Masters, he became world number 1 less than a season after becoming professional. Dominant for most of the 2000s, various physical problems with his knees and back forced him to reinvent his game. A commercial figure, headliner of the Nike equipment manufacturer, Tiger Woods multiplied lucrative contracts off the course, making him one of the richest athletes of the 2000s despite the scandals that tarnished his private life and his marriage in 2009.
In April 2019, at the age of 43, he achieved the feat of winning a 5th Masters and his 15th career major title in Augusta, eleven years after his last major victory. On May 6, 2019, he was decorated by the President of the United States Donald Trump with the highest American civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
On March 8, 2022, he was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame. Tiger Woods is playing in his first professional tournament since his car accident in 2021, at the 2022 Masters. He makes the cut and finishes in 47th place with a score of 13 over par, 23 shots behind the winner, American Scottie Scheffle.