After coming close to his old form while making a final round charge at last month's Masters, Tiger Woods has been hobbled by injuries to his knee and Achilles. Woods had maintained that the injuries were minor but the former best golfer in the world was unable to play or practice before this week's TPC Sawgrass. Woods shot a dreadful 42 on the front-9 including a triple-bogey before he withdrew from the signature tournament. Woods was visibly limping and looked to be in pain from the very start.
Woods was suffering from a knee injury that he incurred last month. It was the same left knee that has required 4 surgeries since Tiger won his last major, the US Open at Torrey Pines in 2008. This was the 4th time in Tiger's career that he has withdrawn from a tournament that he has started and the first since he was forced to retire from last year's TPC in the final round with a neck injury. This was also the 4th time Tiger has shot a 42 or higher on a 9 hole stretch, 3 of which have happened in the last year.
Tiger's ranking recently fell to 8th in the world as he has failed to truly regain his former glory. Woods had been showing continuing signs of improvement this season and was stinging more about more flashes of brilliances together. However the debate remains whether Tiger will be able to catch Jack Nicklaus' record of 18 major championships which had been a foregone conclusion just 2 years ago.
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