Woods has another procedure on lower back

Tiger Woods has gone done a seventh backmost surgery, this clip to regenerate a disk successful his little backmost that had caused symptom and mobility issues.

Woods said successful a societal media post helium had the country successful New York and said it was the close determination for his his wellness and his troubled back.

He did not notation however agelong it would support him retired of golf, though it was unclear if helium was going to effort to play successful his Hero World Challenge successful the Bahamas oregon the PNC Championship with his son, Charlie. Both tournaments are successful December.

He hasn't played since a playoff nonaccomplishment successful the PNC Championship past year.

It was his 2nd country of the twelvemonth -- helium had country successful March aft rupturing his near Achilles tendon -- and 2nd backmost country successful the past 13 months.

Woods said helium consulted doctors and surgeons person experiencing symptom and deficiency of mobility successful his back.

"The scans determined that I had a collapsed disc successful L4/5, disc fragments and a compromised spinal canal," Woods said Saturday. "I opted to person my disc replaced yesterday, and I already cognize I made a bully decisions for my wellness and my back."

Woods had the archetypal of his 7 backmost country successful April 2014, which yet led to having his little backmost fused successful 2017. A twelvemonth later, helium won the Tour Championship and past captured his 15th large and 5th greenish overgarment astatine the 2019 Masters.

Now his backmost is lone portion of a assemblage that has been breached implicit the past 5 years. Most superior was a car clang successful February 2021 that shattered his close limb and ankle, which Woods has said astir led to a determination to amputate.

He managed to instrumentality a twelvemonth aboriginal astatine the 2022 Masters.

Since the car crash, Woods has played lone 15 times successful the past 4 years, 4 of those astatine the PNC Championship wherever helium tin usage a cart for the 36-hole event.