Getting your player ready...
With his game ailing, Tiger Woods announced that he underwent a second microdiscectomy surgery on his back.
“This is certainly disappointing, but I’m a fighter,” Woods said. “I’ve been told I can make a full recovery, and I have no doubt that I will.”
Woods made the announcement on his website — — and reported that the microsurgical procedure, intended to relieve pain from a pinched nerve, was performed late Wednesday in Park City, Utah, by neurosurgeon Charles Rich.
Woods, 39, pulled out of three tournaments he planned to play this year and isn’t expected to return to the PGA Tour until January at the earliest. The 14-time major champion hasn’t won one of golf’s four biggest events since the 2008 U.S. Open.
