oddsmakers liked his chances<\/a> in tournaments. He stumbled in the two events he played in 2017. In February, he missed the cut at the Farmers Insurance Open in San Diego and then a week later in Dubai, shot a 77 and withdrew from the tournament.<\/p>\nThe expected six-month recovery time will probably keep him out for the rest of the 2017 season. He was a plus-660 underdog to win the U.S. Open in June, as sports books gave him little chance to return to his old form.<\/p>\n
Woods, though, firmly believes this is not the end of his career and predicts he\u2019ll be playing again on tour.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe surgery went well, and I’m optimistic this will relieve my back spasms and pain,\u201d Woods said. \u201cWhen healed, I look forward to getting back to a normal life, playing with my kids, competing in professional golf and living without the pain I have been battling so long.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The back that Tiger Woods carried the PGA Tour on for two decades got its fourth surgery, and his return this season and beyond is in serious doubt. The 14-time major championship winner announced on his website that he had the procedure done just two days after he divulged plans to design a public golf […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,16,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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