Report: Tiger needs more surgery, may be out for season
The Golf Channel is reporting that Tiger Woods' left knee will require more surgery and the damage to his joint could be worse than had been reported so far.
Just after finishing second in the Masters in April, Woods had arthroscopic surgery to repair cartilage damage. He didn't play 18 holes until his dramatic playoff victory in the U.S. Open over the weekend against Rocco Mediate. Reportedly, this new surgery would be to repair his ACL. In addition, it's also being reported that Woods suffered a stress fracture in his left leg two weeks before the U.S. Open.
It is not clear whether the new surgery would also be arthroscopic.
Bottom line, it appears that this new surgery will force Woods to miss the British Open (mid-July) and keep him from defending his PGA Championship title (August).
Comments
i wonder what all the morons that were saying he was milking this thing, are saying now? turns out he had a stress fracture injury BEFORE the tournament started, and then he pretty much tore his ACL! are you kidding me? dude is tough as nails; definitely comes from his dad and the military upbringing from the ex-Green Beret. this will go down as one of the gutsiest performances by any athlete in any sport. ok, maybe i'm a little overboard, but its up there. you have to be a golfer to know what he just went thru.
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Winston,
You're right. None of us knew how bad it was.
-- Bill O.
Posted by: winston | June 18, 2008 1:21 PM