Tiger Done for the Year

[Big Daddy]

By GOLF CHANNEL Newsroom - According to sources, Tiger Woods has made a decision to go ahead with season-ending knee surgery.

He experienced a small stress fracture in his left leg about two weeks before the U.S. Open, which was causing him the pain, and ultimately the doctors feel that he needs ACL surgery and rest to get him back to 100%.

Sources added that Tiger is in great spirits and wants to ensure that he comes back even better at the start of the 2009 season.

Although his playing schedule is going to put on hold, he will continue to make numerous appearances and fulfill his sponsor and charitable commitments over the next five to six months.

 

[Cie]

Huge blow to the sport

 

[BleedDodgerBlue]

Huge blow to the sport

agree, but KJ Choi will do just fine filling in his footsteps.

By this time next year, Tiger will be an afterthought.

 

[THE KOD]

looks like Tiger wasnt faking pain.

Bleed - Tiger is a golf legend and has many more tournaments to win.

 

[BleedDodgerBlue]

looks like Tiger wasnt faking pain.

Bleed - Tiger is a golf legend and has many more tournaments to win.

He's probably the greatest athelete of our generation, of course I was kidding. He's won me more money than any team or individual in the last 5 years including this past weekend.

I hope he breaks Nicholas' record although its only a matter of time.

He will be just fine, and he's a pretty classy guy compared to plenty of other atheletes.

 

[Chadman]

Damn, that sucks. He makes things a lot more interesting in the big tourneys...but it does open things up for some of the other guys to make some hay.

 

[vinnie]

 

[DR STRANGELOVE]

at least the others have a chance to win now...

 

[IntenseOperator]

I didn't think it was possible for golf to suck more

but it's happened

 

[JCDunkDogs]

Tough break for Tiger, and for golf ratings. Sounds like months of painful rehab to test his mental toughness.

...and he still looks a cinch to break Jack's record.

 

[bsucards]

He won despite doctors telling him to rest.

Haney was with him in Florida when doctors told Woods the preferred treatment for the stress fractures was three weeks on crutches and three weeks of inactivity.

"Tiger looked at the doctor and said, 'I'm playing in the U.S. Open, and I'm going to win.' And then he started putting on his shoes," Haney said. "He looked at me and said, 'Come on, Hank. We'll just putt today.'"

 

[Handi Capper]

just made a wager with a buddy for $100 that tiger wouldn't finish in top 5 of any more tournys in 2008 :00hour :00hour


hope agent doesn't read this thread