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I guess his neck's been hurting him since The Masters...Why does he wait until now to even bring it up? I don't want to doubt what he has going on, because he could very easily have just tweeked it today and that could have been it. But, come on...

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I recall him saying after round 1 at Quail Hollow - while rubbing his neck & grimacing - that he needs to work some kinks out, "figuratively & literally." I thought I was reading into it too much at the time. Who knows...
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Back in Tiger's second or third full season on tour, sports physiologist Dr. Bob Rotella made some TV comments on Tiger's swing. Rotella said Tiger would have back trouble by age 35 if he didn't tone down his swing.

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I have The Golf Channel on in the background and heard the commentator say, "...he has a possible bulging disc". I did a double take and had to rewind and make sure they said, "disc". It is Tiger after all.

Whoever came up with the saying, "A bad day of golf is better than a good day at work", is a moron.

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I am not really buying it. He might have had some neck trouble but I think he may have overstated it a tad due to his poor play in addition to problematic personal life. He had no chance and he took his ball and went home. His issues right now all throughout his life are extremely serious. He should get his stuff together and after being completely prepared, both mentally and physically, resume playing golf.
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Just saw some footage of Tiger from his round this morning. He did look very stiff when he left the course. What a weird couple of weeks!

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If it is his neck, I wonder if people will still think Tigers swing problems are Haney's fault?

His swing is why he is hurt!!

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If he does have a bulging disc it will be interesting to see at what level and if there may be multiple discs/levels. If he has surgery, it may mean a fusion as well. He may be forced to throttle back his swing. More rehab . . .

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I'm sure professional golfers have played in more pain. Tiger won a US Open, if I recall, with a torn ACL and fractures in his knee. He wanted to pack it up, hide for a while, work on his personal life and golf swing.

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I'm sure professional golfers have played in more pain.

he did that because it was the US OPEN and was in contention throughout, this isnt a major (despite it being very prestigious) and he has no chance of coming anywhere so there is no point in risking further injury when already hurt

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I have The Golf Channel on in the background and heard the commentator say, "...he has a possible bulging disc". I did a double take and had to rewind and make sure they said, "disc". It is Tiger after all.

You heard it right, she said d!ck.

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You heard it right, she said d!ck.

Steve Levy has never lived it down.

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LMAO. I have tears in my eyes. Better than Charlie Steiner's ESPN clip!

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LMAO. I have tears in my eyes. Better than Charlie Steiner's ESPN clip!

Lmao that was hilarious.

On a side note....the GC is really riding Tiger hard about everything today. Making statements like Jack's 18 majors are safe, and will he ever win again... WOW. Im just baffeled. Im not a big Tiger fan, but c'mon. You dont just lose it all becasue you had a few bad rounds of golf.

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