*** The Golf Thread ***

[huskernumerouno]

Tiger Woods will miss the rest of the season because of surgery to repair a torn ligament in his left knee, an injury he has been dealing with the last 10 months despite winning nine of 12 tournaments.

 

Woods also said he suffered a double stress fracture of his left tibia while preparing to return to the PGA Tour last month, which forced him to miss the Memorial and was the source of his pain at Torrey Pines when he won the U.S. Open.

 

He had arthroscopic surgery April 15 to clean out cartilage in his left knee, bypassing ACL surgery with hopes it could get him through the 2008 season. But going 91 holes for his 14th career major made it impossible to play any longer.

 

“Now, it is clear that the right thing to do is to listen to my doctors, follow through with this surgery and focus my attention on rehabilitating my knee,” Woods said.

 

Woods was last seen in public late Monday afternoon walking with a pronounced limp across Torrey Pines toward the parking lot, the U.S. Open trophy in his arms. Upcoming surgery makes his 14th major title even more staggering— despite the stress fractures, he managed to win a U.S. Open that required 91 holes over five days.

 

Woods played only seven times worldwide this year and won five of them. He will miss a major championship for the first time in his career and will not be available for the Ryder Cup in September.

[rawhide]

And he is going to come back better? Anybody need a set of good used pro-fitted clubs. 150 sets available.

[BIGREDIOWAN]

This article goes to show you how bad this injury was and how special what he did actually was. That would be harder than hell to do for anyone else. The guy is a machine..............

[sarge87]

This article goes to show you how bad this injury was and how special what he did actually was. That would be harder than hell to do for anyone else. The guy is a machine..............

The questions I want to ask was it a smart move to come back from surgery so soon?

 

Knee, back, and wrist injuries have hampered other good professional golfers, and to some out right destroyed their careers. (David Duval, Fred Couples, Ernie Els, Phil Mickelson.....)

[BIGREDIOWAN]

I have to agree with you on that point. If he's not careful this time he may end his career by trying to come back too soon. I think he pushed himself to hard to fast and hurt himself longer than he would've if he could've just taken the time off.

[huskernumerouno]

Something tells me he will take his time with the rehab and come back with a vengence. A re-tooled Tiger may be frightening

[BIGREDIOWAN]

Something tells me he will take his time with the rehab and come back with a vengence. A re-tooled Tiger may be frightening

I hope so because I don't watch golf unless he is playing. What he does for the game is outstanding and what he does on the course is amazing.