The golf world just got a bit more boring for the next few weeks with the announcement from Tiger Woods that he will be out with an injury. According to his website, he will miss at least the Wells Fargo Championship due to a mild MCL strain of his left knee and a mild achilles strain. The injuries were suffered when he made a crazy swing from under a tree off the pine straw on the 17th at Augusta during round three of the Masters.
If the next tournament was a major championship, there is no doubt Woods would play but he's being more cautious about recovering from his injuries this time, unlike his decision to play the 2008 U.S. Open, which of course he won with broken leg.
In this Hank Haney article, Haney discussed what the doctors told Woods prior to that U.S. Open and as we now know, the rest is golf history.
What I remember most was the doctor [Thomas Rosenberg] coming to Tiger's house before that U.S. Open and showing him the MRI images on a laptop computer, showing him the two stress fractures, and Tiger not paying very much attention. I asked Dr. Rosenberg [who later performed the surgery to repair Tiger's torn ACL] what the treatment regimen was. He said it meant three weeks on crutches, then inactive for three weeks, then Tiger could start rehab. I remember looking at the calendar and saying, "So he's basically done for the year, right?" At that point Tiger came alive. He said, "I'm playing in the U.S. Open, and I'm going to win." He bent over and started putting on his shoes. "Come on, Hank, we're going to practice." I looked at Dr. Rosenberg and said, "I guess we're going to go practice."Love that story.
