Tiger Woods has undergone a microdissectomy to relieve nerve pain in his lower back and will not participate in the Farmers Insurance Open or the Genesis invitation next month.
An announcement comes via Woods ‘Twitter account that he’ recently underwent a microdiscectomy procedure to remove a disc fragment under pressure that pinched his nerve after he was uncomfortable after the PNC championship. ‘
Woods is no stranger to the procedure. He had it done three times – once in the spring of 2014 and twice in the fall of 2015. He finally had a more serious operation in April 2017 called a spinal fusion, which prevented him from doing so for six months. swinging a golf club.
He returned from surgery in 2018 and won the Tour Championship that year, followed by the Masters in 2019 and the Zozo Championship later that year.
Woods, 45, has struggled for most of 2020, occasionally complaining of back stiffness and pain.
After equaling a ninth time at the Farmers Insurance Open a year ago, he never nearly competed in the eight tournaments he played the rest of the year. He finished in November for the 38th draw at the Masters.
The PNC Championship is the 36-hole event he played last month with his 11-year-old son, Charlie.
“I’m looking forward to starting training and getting back on Tour,” Woods said in the statement, who also admitted that he would not participate in either of the two tournaments in California.
When Woods had his first back procedure on March 31, 2014, he returned to the competition in June of that year, although many believed it was too early. He had the procedure again in September 2015 and thereafter six weeks later.