Another Surgery for Tiger

[Yukari]

Tiger Woods has surgery after rupturing Achilles in return to training

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Woods has undergone another surgery, this time to his left Achilles tendon, which was ruptured recently during training.

Well, it's time for Tiger to retire.  His body is falling apart.

 

[JetFan1983]

Poor Tiger, man. This sucks.

Maybe not all of America, but certainly Tiger Woods fans such as myself. Sigh.

[iacas]

Yeah, I'm done. All-time best. 🐐 Time to retire and enjoy the rest of what life has to offer.

[Zeph]

He's been done for a long time now. 2019 was the last hurrah.

[iacas]

  On 3/13/2025 at 2:51 PM, Zeph said:

He's been done for a long time now. 2019 was the last hurrah.

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He won the Zozo after that to "tie" Sam Snead. But… yeah.

[Zeph]

  On 3/13/2025 at 7:02 PM, iacas said:

He won the Zozo after that to "tie" Sam Snead. But… yeah.

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I'd forgotten about that one. It was still 2019 though, but the 19-20 season.

[Archie Bunker]

Not even 50 years old and falling apart. You've got to wonder - lifestyle? swing technique? heredity? or something else? Yes, we are all aware of the major accident, but for someone who has physically done "everything" to make himself one of the greatest golfers of all time, you have to wonder. Don't think I've known any golfer in the past that has gone through so many injuries and surgeries. 

[iacas]

  On 3/14/2025 at 7:17 PM, Archie Bunker said:

Not even 50 years old and falling apart. You've got to wonder - lifestyle? swing technique? heredity? or something else? Yes, we are all aware of the major accident, but for someone who has physically done "everything" to make himself one of the greatest golfers of all time, you have to wonder. Don't think I've known any golfer in the past that has gone through so many injuries and surgeries. 

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Uhhhh…?

[Archie Bunker]

  On 3/14/2025 at 10:53 PM, iacas said:

Uhhhh…?

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So you think there is nothing unusual about the amount of injuries and surgeries he has been through so far?

[saevel25]

  On 3/15/2025 at 6:48 PM, Archie Bunker said:

So you think there is nothing unusual about the amount of injuries and surgeries he has been through so far?

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Not for athletes who want to be elite in their sport. 

[Archie Bunker]

  On 3/15/2025 at 7:04 PM, saevel25 said:

Not for athletes who want to be elite in their sport. 

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It's golf. It's not NFL football. Name one top pro golfer who has been injured half as many times as Tiger. Jack? Arnie? Snead? Hogan? Just seems unusual for a 50 year old golfer to be injured as much as Tiger. Otherwise, the PGA Tour would be riddled with injured players.

[saevel25]

  On 3/16/2025 at 2:12 PM, Archie Bunker said:

It's golf. It's not NFL football. Name one top pro golfer who has been injured half as many times as Tiger. Jack? Arnie? Snead? Hogan?

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Golf puts tremendous strain on the body. Especially with how fast Tiger was swinging the club.

Were any of them trying to be the best in the world at age 40+? Easy to stay relatively injury free under the age of 35, then cut the work load down as you age. Tiger went at it longer than anyone outside of Phil in trying to maintain #1 status.

[dennyjones]

I may be wrong, but I believe most golfers in their later years of their careers, if they suffer spinal injuries, usually fade away.  Tiger was one extreme exception.   His drive to excel has carried him pass most other's injuries. 

[Archie Bunker]

  On 3/16/2025 at 3:36 PM, saevel25 said:

Golf puts tremendous strain on the body. Especially with how fast Tiger was swinging the club.

Were any of them trying to be the best in the world at age 40+? Easy to stay relatively injury free under the age of 35, then cut the work load down as you age. Tiger went at it longer than anyone outside of Phil in trying to maintain #1 status.

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Seems like Jack was pretty "old" when he won his last Masters. And Gary Player is still playing, despite being a fitness freak all his life. Years ago, Cary Middlecoff stated that Tiger was going to have back problems after he reached the age of 30, due to the body torque he used in his swing. But Tiger has also had plenty of issues with the rest of his body. And the car crash certainly didn't help. Has any golfer been as "injury prone" as Tiger?

[iacas]

  On 3/16/2025 at 2:12 PM, Archie Bunker said:

Otherwise, the PGA Tour would be riddled with injured players.

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It kinda is… and Tiger isn't super young anymore.

  On 3/16/2025 at 4:43 PM, Archie Bunker said:

Seems like Jack was pretty "old" when he won his last Masters. And Gary Player is still playing, despite being a fitness freak all his life. Years ago, Cary Middlecoff stated that Tiger was going to have back problems after he reached the age of 30, due to the body torque he used in his swing. But Tiger has also had plenty of issues with the rest of his body. And the car crash certainly didn't help. Has any golfer been as "injury prone" as Tiger?

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You're missing the fact that Tiger changed the game. Golfers put far more strain and stress on their bodies now than they did fifty freaking years ago. The sport is different now. It's faster, and you have to be significantly better now to even make it to the PGA Tour let alone stay there than you did in Jack's day.

[woodzie264]

  On 3/16/2025 at 4:43 PM, Archie Bunker said:

Seems like Jack was pretty "old" when he won his last Masters. And Gary Player is still playing, despite being a fitness freak all his life. 

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And I believe Tiger will still be playing at Gary’s age as Gary is playing now. To @iacas’s point, Tiger changed the golf is played and I imaging we will see the younger generations having medical records similar to Tiger’s…they just haven’t caught up yet.

[saevel25]

  On 3/16/2025 at 4:43 PM, Archie Bunker said:

Seems like Jack was pretty "old" when he won his last Masters.

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Jack played in 7 tournaments in 1986. He was on his way out. He was not training or trying to be the best in the world. Honestly, he just caught some good golf at the right time. 

Who says Jack wasn't battling injuries at that time either? A lot of stuff wasn't reported on until post 2000 in terms of covering athletes. 

  On 3/16/2025 at 4:43 PM, Archie Bunker said:

And Gary Player is still playing, despite being a fitness freak all his life.

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At what capacity? He can play, but he can't compete at any sort of level for the PGA or Senior Tour. 

  On 3/16/2025 at 4:43 PM, Archie Bunker said:

Years ago, Cary Middlecoff stated that Tiger was going to have back problems after he reached the age of 30, due to the body torque he used in his swing. But Tiger has also had plenty of issues with the rest of his body. And the car crash certainly didn't help. Has any golfer been as "injury prone" as Tiger?

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Yes, most of them walk away. 

 

[ChetlovesMer]

  On 3/14/2025 at 7:17 PM, Archie Bunker said:

Not even 50 years old and falling apart. You've got to wonder - lifestyle? swing technique? heredity? or something else? Yes, we are all aware of the major accident, but for someone who has physically done "everything" to make himself one of the greatest golfers of all time, you have to wonder. Don't think I've known any golfer in the past that has gone through so many injuries and surgeries. 

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Genetics and many injuries are something of a lottery. I can think of tons of athletes whose careers were cut a lot shorter by injury than Tiger Woods. Yao Ming, Gale Sayers, Bo Jackson (arguably one of the greatest pure athletes of all time), Greg Oden, Jay Williams. If you're looking for golfers Michelle Wie battled injuries her entire career. Geoff Ogilvy's career was definitely cut short by injury. Babe Zaharias (spelling?) career was wrecked by cancer. These are ones I can think of off the top of my head. As far as Tiger goes. The man's had two spine surgeries, a knee replacement and been in a pretty severe car wreck that left him with open fractures of both his tibia and fibula bones. 

You say "you have to wonder"... I'm not sure what that means. I don't wonder at all. ... Again, he had two spine surgeries, a knee replacement and been in a pretty severe car wreck that left him with open fractures of both his tibia and fibula bones. 

 

Tiger Woods exposes gnarly leg ruined by injuries from horrific car...

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Tiger Woods' damaged right leg was on a full display while he supported his 15-year-old son Charlie at the U.S. Junior Amateur on Monday.