Tiger Woods stated he won’t compete on the annual Hero World Problem.
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The golf world will wait no less than somewhat bit longer to see Tiger Woods.
The 15-time main champion introduced Monday night that he won’t compete within the Hero World Problem, the occasion he hosts yearly within the Bahamas, as he continues to get well from his Sept. 13 microdiscectomy surgical procedure.
“I’m disenchanted that I won’t be able to compete this 12 months on the Hero World Problem, however at all times stay up for being event host and spending the week with @HeroMotoCorp,” he posted on social media. “Excited to welcome our exemptions @JustinThomas34, @JDayGolf and @NickDunlap62 into the sector.”
The Hero, scheduled for the primary week in December, attracts the golf world’s consideration yearly for its star-studded area and affiliation with Woods. Tiger serves as event host and has used the occasion as a staging floor for numerous aggressive reboots during the last decade.
Monday’s information signifies he’s nonetheless recovering from the September again surgical procedure that sidelined him, the sixth process to his backbone because the fusion surgical procedure that breathed new life into his aggressive profession within the late 2010s. Woods stated in September that he hoped the most recent surgical procedure — a minimally invasive process to take away a herniated disc and the related stress on the nerves — would alleviate the “again spasms and ache” he was experiencing all through a lot of the 2024 season.
“I stay up for tackling the rehab and making ready myself to return to regular life actions, together with golf,” he stated in a press release then.
His withdrawal from the sector may disappoint golf followers, however it’s hardly a shock. Woods remains to be simply 10 weeks faraway from the surgical procedure, and the spinal torque required of the golf swing calls for a gradual rehab course of. He missed two months with an identical damage previous to his automotive accident in 2021 — a timeline that doubtless wouldn’t be shortened to permit Woods a begin in a limited-field occasion.
Woods has performed sparingly lately, however he has earned an everyday presence on the PGA Tour’s December schedule. A 12 months in the past he performed within the Hero, and has performed every of the final a number of years within the annual PNC Championship alongside his son, Charlie. Woods has nonetheless not introduced his intentions for the PNC, however he would be capable to compete in that occasion from the consolation of a golf cart, a luxurious not afforded on the Hero.
In both case, although, golf followers received’t have to attend lengthy to listen to from the person himself. Woods will nonetheless be in attendance on the Hero World Problem, and can give his annual press convention in his function as event host.
