Tiger Woods has undergone profitable fusion surgical procedure on a bone in his ankle, 10 days after he withdrew from the Masters due to injury.
The operation was carried out to handle his post-traumatic arthritis from a earlier talus bone fracture, Woods stated in an announcement posted on Twitter on Wednesday.
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“Earlier right this moment, Tiger underwent a subtalar fusion process to handle his post-traumatic arthritis from his earlier talus fracture,” the assertion stated.
It was carried out by Dr. Martin O’Malley on the HSS Sports activities Medication Institute in New York Metropolis. He has decided the surgical procedure to achieve success.
“Tiger is at the moment recovering and appears ahead to starting his rehabilitation.”
Woods, 47, has been enjoying a restricted schedule on a rebuilt leg following a 2021 automobile crash and pulled out of the yr’s first main after re-aggravating a tissue irritation that makes it tough for him to stroll.
He now appears extremely more likely to be out of subsequent month’s US PGA Championship and questions will once more be raised about how lengthy the 15-time main champion can proceed to compete on the highest stage.
Woods feared his leg must be amputated as a result of severe accidents he suffered in a automobile accident in Los Angeles in February 2021.
He made a outstanding return to motion 14 months later and completed 47th within the Masters, however withdrew from the US PGA following a third-round 79 and didn’t contest the US Open earlier than lacking the lower within the 150th British Open at St Andrews.
Woods has accepted that he can solely play a handful of occasions a yr going ahead and is concentrating on majors and occasions with which he has a private connection.
– With PA
