Full injury list of Tiger Woods’ Golf career explored

Modified Nov 30, 2023 00:34 GMT

Tiger Woods is all set to return to the game of golf at the upcoming 2023 Hero World Challenge at the Albany Golf Club in The Bahamas. He is making a comeback after almost an eight month hiatus. He was last seen at the Augusta National in the 2023 Masters where he withdrew after two rounds due to his recurring post-traumatic arthritis.

However, year 2023 was not the first time when the 15-time major champion has faced injury concerns. His first injury dates back to 1994.

In a recent X (formerly known as Twitter) post by Golf Digest, an info-graphic image shows the list of injuries that Tiger Woods has suffered over the years.

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Here is the list of injuries Woods has suffered over the years:

1994 - Two tumors and scar tissue removed
2002- Fluid drained and cysts removed
2006 - Injured Muscle in shoulder blade
2007 - Ruptured ACL
2008 - Surgery to repair cartilage
2008 - Surgery to repair ACL
2008 - Double stress fracture
2008 - Torn acrhilles tendon
2010 - Inflamed facet joint
2011 - Achilles strain
2011 - Reinjured arhilles tendon
2011 - MCL sprain
2012 - Restrain of archilles
2013 - Left elbow strain
2014 - Severe spasms
2014 - Surgery on pinched nerve
2014 - Microdisectomy surgery
2015 - Follow up surgery
2017 - Severe back spasms
2017 - Anterior lumbar fusion
2019 - Surgery to repair cartilage
2019 - Acute neck sprain
2019 - Oblique strain
2021 - Surgery to remove bone fragment
2021 - Fractured tibia and fibula
2021 - Surgery to insert screws
2023 - Surgery to fuse ankle

When will Tiger Woods tee off at the 2023 Hero World Challenge?

In the upcoming unofficial PGA Tour event, the 15-time major champion is paired alongside Justin Thomas. They will tee off at 11:52 a.m. ET at the Albany Golf Club in The Bahamas.

The 20 player field consists of current World No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler, defending champion Viktor Hovland, three of the four major champions of last season (PGA Championship winner Brooks Koepka excluded), Will Zalatoris, and Tiger Woods.

Below are the 2023 Hero World Challenge tee times and pairings (all times in ET):

10:46 a.m. - Brian Harman, Lucas Glover
10:57 a.m. - Cameron Young, Sepp Straka
11:08 a.m. - Tony Finau, Wyndham Clark
11:19 a.m. - Keegan Bradley, Rickie Fowler
11:30 a.m. - Matt Fitzpatrick, Justin Rose
11:41 a.m. - Sam Burns, Scottie Scheffler
11:52 a.m. - Tiger Woods, Justin Thomas
12:03 p.m. - Jason Day, Collin Morikawa
12:14 p.m. - Will Zalatoris, Jordan Spieth
12:25 p.m. - Max Homa, Viktor Hovland

The 2023 Hero World Challenge will commence on Thursday, November 30 and will be played through the weekend till Sunday, December 3. It will have a prize purse of $4.5 million and the winner will take home a paycheck of $1 million.

Edited by Vaishnavi Iyer