Tiger Woods was grimacing in ache as his again seized up throughout his ultimate few holes on the Genesis Invitational.
Woods, 48, struggled with again spasms on Thursday (February 15), ending one-over-par 72 at Riviera in his first look of the yr and first official PGA Tour begin since withdrawing from The Masters 10 months in the past, the Mirror stories.
The 15-time main champion got here near pulling off a miracle shot on the par-four 18th. After shanking his 176-yard strategy from the green, the {golfing} Hall of Famer in some way reached the inexperienced along with his subsequent shot, which was from the bushes. He missed the putt and completed one-over-par for the day.
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“My back spasming the couple holes, and it was locking up,” Woods mentioned. “I came down, and it didn’t move, and I presented holes first and shanked it. It’s been a while; it’s definitely been a while.” This comes only a day after Woods spoke about being “pain-free” in preparation for the occasion.
“My ankle doesn’t hurt any more because the bones aren’t rubbing any more. But then again, it’s different – other parts of my body have to take the brunt of it, just like my back is fused, and so other parts have taken the brunt over that,” he added.
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“I have two different body parts that are now fused. Other parts of the body have to adapt.” Between the years 2014 and 2017, Woods needed to undergo 4 again surgical procedures earlier than a fifth one got here knocking in early 2021.
Fast ahead to a month later, Woods was concerned in a automotive crash the place he fractured his ankle. This led to a different surgical procedure final yr. He as soon as mentioned on the PNC Championship late final yr: “A lot of things are aching a lot more than my ankle, which is how it goes.”
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Two months down the road, he shared with the media post-round that: “Foot’s good, leg’s a little bit sore, things are a little bit sore, but that’s to be expected. That’s nothing that we weren’t prepared for, and we’ve got some work to do tonight and tomorrow.”
Talking concerning the spherical as an entire, Woods summarised by saying: “A lot of good and a lot of indifferent. It was one or the other. I don’t know how many pars I had, wasn’t many. I was either making birdies or bogeys and just never really got anything consistent going today.”
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“It was one of those days, just never really got anything consistently going, and hopefully tomorrow I can clean it up.” Woods then continued to say: “It is impossible to prepare for.”
“I rely so much on experience and having done this a long time, but still having the adrenaline dump in the system, the ball goes further, speed goes up, just the yardages are a little bit different than they are at home. It’s just different, and that’s just a part of playing competitive golf.”