Friday, June 27, 2008
Ouch

World number one Hop-a-long Woods has had successful reconstructive surgery on the torn ligament in his left knee overnight.

The procedure was performed in Park City by the same doctor who performed arthroscopic surgery on that same knee for Woods in April.

"It was important to me to have the surgery as soon as possible, so that I could begin the rehabilitation process," Sir Limp-a-lot said on his website.

"I am very appreciative of Dr. Rosenberg and Dr. Cooley and his staff's guidance and look forward to working with them through the necessary rehabilitation and training."

The doctors were also positive about the prognosis for the man who has become the face of golf worldwide.

Tiger's knee yesterday. Probably.

Captain Peg Leg announced that he would be having the season-ending surgery last week, days after capturing his 14th major title in a thrilling play-off victory over Rocco Mediate at the US Open.

Woodsy said he had played the open with a torn anterior cruciate ligament, and with two stress fractures in his left tibia.

Throughout the US Open, played on the Torrey Pines South course in San Diego, California, Tiger could be seen limping and grimacing, sometimes even doubling over in pain after hitting a shot.

His distress was most apparent during a remarkable third round, when the Bert Trautman of golf seized the tournament lead with a back nine that included a 65-foot putt for eagle on the par-five 13th hole, a chip-in birdie at 17 and another eagle at 18.

The next day, Woods birdied the 72nd hole of regulation to force an 18-hole play-off with Mediate.

Trailing Mediate at the 18th play-off hole, he birdied that as well to force sudden-death, finally winning on the 91st hole of the tournament.

Woods ranked the victory as one of his best, right alongside his first major triumph at the 1997 Masters.

Get well soon Tiger, we miss you.




6/27/2008 5:07:06 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #  Comments [0] 


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