How has Tiger Woods fared in his previous comebacks from injury?

This week, Tiger Woods is teeing it up on the Hero World Challenge — the primary time he’ll play competitively since withdrawing from the third spherical of the Masters earlier this yr.

The comeback marks Woods’ newest in an extended record of injury-related setbacks that date again to 2008. How will Woods deal with this week’s take a look at, strolling 72 holes on a surgically repaired ankle? Time will inform, however his comeback historical past might present some clues. How has he fared in every return? Take a take a look at his outcomes beneath.

Tiger Woods’ harm comeback outcomes since 2003

January 2003: Woods gained the Buick Invitational at Torrey Pines in his first aggressive begin after present process left-knee surgical procedure in December, which eliminated fluid from his ACL.

June 2008: Woods famously gained the 2008 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines after having arthroscopic surgical procedure in April to restore cartilage injury to his left knee following his runner-up end on the Masters. In seen ache all through the U.S. Open, Woods was additionally struggling from stress fractures in his left tibia.

February 2009: Woods completed runner-up to Tim Clark on the WGC-Match Play in his first begin after present process surgical procedure on his left knee in the aftermath of his U.S. Open victory in June.

August 2011: Woods completed T37 on the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational after withdrawing from the Players Championship in May to get better from an MCL ligament sprain in his left knee in addition to his left Achilles’ tendon.

March 2012: Woods gained the Arnold Palmer Invitational after a two-week relaxation following his withdrawal from the WGC-Cadillac Championship’s closing spherical, citing an harm to his left Achilles tendon.

July 2013: Woods completed T6 on the Open Championship after lacking the AT&T National in June with a left elbow pressure.

June 2014: Woods missed the lower on the Quicken Loans National after present process surgical procedure for a pinched nerve in his again in April.

February 2015: Woods completed T17 on the Masters after withdrawing mid-round on the Farmers Insurance Open in February with a again harm.

December 2016: Woods completed fifteenth on the Hero World Challenge after lacking a complete yr of competitors whereas recovering from back-to-back surgical procedures in the autumn of 2015: a microdiscectomy and a follow-up process shortly thereafter.

December 2017: Woods completed T9 on the Hero World Challenge after lacking one other season of competitors. Prior to the beginning, he had withdrawn from the Omega Dubai Desert Classic in February after one spherical, then introduced one other again surgical procedure in April. In May, Woods was arrested on suspicion of driving underneath the affect. He pled responsible to reckless driving in October.

October 2019: Woods gained the Zozo Championship to match Sam Snead’s report of 82 PGA Tour wins after present process arthroscopic surgical procedure on his left knee in August.

April 2022: Woods completed forty seventh on the Masters after the longest aggressive layoff of his profession. Prior to the beginning, he had undergone a fifth microdiscectomy process on his again in January 2021 and endured vital accidents to his proper leg and proper ankle in a February 2021 automobile accident.

December 2023: TBD. Woods withdrew from the 2023 Masters citing a reaggravation of his plantar fasciitis. Shortly afterward, he introduced that he had undergone a subtalar fusion process on his ankle.

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