Tiger Woods gives worrying health update in candid discussion on return to golf from sixth back surgery
Tiger Woods gives worrying health update in candid discussion on return to golf from sixth back surgery
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Tiger Woods is going to be back on a golf course on Saturday but he doesn't want anyone expecting much out of him at the PNC Championship in Florida. Woods and his son Charlie, 15, are competing together in this weekend's event with the legendary golfer back on the course for the first time since having his sixth back surgery in September.
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But the 48-year-old insists he is simply there to compete with his son and is not up to any level to challenge just yet, saying recovery is harder than ever. 'That was one of the reasons why I had the surgery done earlier, so that hopefully I could give myself the best chance to be with Charlie and be able to play,' Woods said.
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'I'm not competitive right now, but I just want to be able to have the experience again. This has always been one of the bigger highlights of the year for us as a family, and now we get to have that moment together again. 'I’m not going to feel what I’m used to feeling. The recovery has gotten to be the hardest part. But over the course of rounds, weeks, months, it gets harder.'.
Tiger Woods returns to golf on Saturday at the PNC Championship with his son Charlie, 15. Woods, 48, is on the comeback trail once again after a sixth back surgery in September. The surgery was on his back, but Woods said his right leg, which was mangled in a February 2021 car crash outside Los Angeles, remains the biggest physical obstacle.
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