Tiger Woods out for rest of 2008 due to ACL in left knee and stress fractures in leg aggravated by US Open
The Golf Blog reported about this story on Tuesday, but then it was only a rumor. Now it's official.
Tiger Woods announced on his website that he will undergo reconstructive surgery on his ACL in his left knee -- the same knee he's already had three surgeries. One site reports that Tiger said he injured the ACL from running several months ago after the British Open last year, but chose not to repair the ACL by surgery. He also has two stress fractures in his left tibia, aggravated by intense rehab and preparation for the U.S. Open. Apparently, they knew about the stress fractures even before the U.S. Open.
Wow. First of all, we obviously wish Tiger Woods a speedy recovery and thank him for all the he gave us last week. Basically, the guy risked further injury to his knee and that, in fact, is exactly what happened. Tiger Woods played against his doctor's recommendations. He did win the U.S. Open, in dramatic fashion. “Although I will miss the rest of the 2008 season, I’m thrilled with the fact that last week was such a special tournament,” Woods said.
But, I ask you dear readers, was it all worth it? Tiger is out for all of 2008 -- no British, no PGA, no Ryder Cup. Is the chance of winning the U.S. Open so much better than the chance of playing in the 2 other majors and the Ryder Cup? TIger must have known that was a possibility, yet he made the decision to play.
PGA Commisssioner Tim Finchem is no doubt going into crisis mode right now. With Tiger Woods for the rest of 2008, what will happen to the PGA's revenues and ratings? The U.S. Open is not even a PGA event, so it probably didn't make Finchem happy to have Woods risk injuring his knee.
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That would be a real shame if Tiger is out for the rest of the season he was awesome during the US Open. The Ryder Cup would not be same with out him
and shame he missing british open was opening to win tickets http://www.golfingnews.org.uk/win-2-british-open-golf-tickets/1000261/
From the way i read the spin, the fractures were already there prior to the open, and would have gotten worse regardless. So if he made things worse by playing early, who knows. I guess he didnt make things better... as far as Golf goes, maybe the ratings for golf will fall back below hockey. And tiger can revisit his hockey comments! Golf is boring without tiger, and ratings will probably suck. Personally I think he saw the US open as a chance to screw phil out of a major, and he couldnt pass that up... hahaha
Yeah, that was the choice he was making -- choosing Torrey Pines and seriously risking the rest of the season. Who am I to second guess him?
Helps Rocco's chances for the Ryder Cup! Go, Rocco!
I think now that Tiger has won his major for 2008, he can almost consider it job done for the season. His fantastic start to the season where he clocked up a succession of wins, plus the major, means he's still done better than most players will at all.
It'll be interesting to see how the other players react to the news. This is what most of them have been waiting for - this is perhaps their one chance in their career to win a major, so the Open and the USPGA should be wide open.
Obviously, it's a shame that we're not going to see Tiger again this year - he is undoubtedly head and shoulders above the rest - but it does make the rest of the season far more interesting to see who'll capitalise on his misfortune.
Hopefully one of the European tour players will make a claim - Lee Westwood or Sergio Garcia?
That's a great point Matthew! Torrey Pines definitely figured into the equation. Tiger must have felt that he's already won there 5 or 6 times before, and he loves playing the course and has a great chance of winning even if he's injured. I guess it's hard to pass up that opportunity.
It is a shame that he's out - but maybe it will give some of the other young guys on tour a chance to get their game going. I guess we at least get a preview of what the Tour is going to be like when he's gone.
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I was at the US Open all four days and decided on Sunday to sit in the stands and ride it out. What a great experience. Funny thing, I related this to a string of Dead shows, only to come back home finding out Jerry was in a diabetic coma.
Anyway, I believe Tiger felt he was strong enough to play when he started the tournament. Unfortunately he never walked 18 before making that decision. But as time went on, even though his knee was killing him, he saw that he was always right there, in contention, and the crowd was loving him. Believe me, it was a zoo. Even the golf Gods threw him a couple bones. He would rather chew off his leg, than quit.
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