For the first time since 2006, Tiger Woods withdrew from a tournament when he bowed out of The Players Championship over the weekend due to back pain.
From ESPN.com:
“I’ve been playing through it,” Woods said of pain he first felt before the Masters. “I can’t play through it anymore.”
Woods said he did not know what caused the injury, only that “playing doesn’t help it.” He took 10 questions before going into a physical therapy trailer for 37 minutes and leaving the TPC Sawgrass.
Woods said he plans to have an MRI this week. He said he was having a hard time with the pain, and that there was a tingling sensation on his right side down to his fingers. As he was driven from the golf course, Woods continually squeezed his right hand and released his fingers.
“I might have a bulging disk,” he said.
I’d have a bulging disk too if I slammed my SUV into a tree because my angry wife was chasing me with a golf club. (Kidding! I’m just kidding…but seriously.)
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