Tiger Woods withdraws from Masters due to foot injury
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Tiger Woods has struggled since a car crash in 2021 in which he sustained multiple leg injuries that required major surgery.
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AUGUSTA – Tiger Woods has pulled out of the Masters due to injury after completing seven holes of his third round, tournament organisers said on Sunday.
Woods, who was the last of 54 players to make the cut, was limping down the 17th fairway on six over par through seven holes when play was called off on Saturday due to bad weather.
The 47-year-old American has won the Masters five times, most recently in 2019, but he has struggled since a car crash in 2021 in which he sustained multiple leg injuries
“I am disappointed to have to WD (withdraw) this morning due to re-aggravating my plantar fasciitis,” Woods said on Twitter.
“Thank you to the fans and to The Masters who have shown me so much love and support. Good luck to the players today!”
Plantar fasciitis is tissue inflation that causes pain in the heel.
At Augusta, he squeaked inside the cut line to tie Gary Player and Fred Couples for most consecutive times playing the weekend at the Masters (23). But in unforgiving conditions on a cold Saturday with heavy rain falling, Woods was visibly limping and made back-to-back double bogeys.
The 15-time Major champion has made only one competitive appearance this season and said this week that he does not play many tournaments any more as he is “limited” in what he can do.
In 2022, in his second start after the crash, Woods withdrew from the PGA Championship after carding one of his worst rounds at a Major tournament – a nine-over 79.
American Brooks Koepka leads Spaniard Jon Rahm by four shots with the third round of the Masters yet to be completed. REUTERS
