{"id":21314,"date":"2017-04-21T08:22:28","date_gmt":"2017-04-21T08:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/tiger-new-operation-and-six-more-months-out-of-competition\/"},"modified":"2017-04-21T08:22:28","modified_gmt":"2017-04-21T08:22:28","slug":"tiger-new-operation-and-six-more-months-out-of-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/tiger-new-operation-and-six-more-months-out-of-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiger, new operation and six more months out of competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-6924\" src=\"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.holaincompany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/images_Jugadores_Tigervuelve.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"854\" height=\"586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/images_Jugadores_Tigervuelve.jpg 854w, https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/images_Jugadores_Tigervuelve-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/images_Jugadores_Tigervuelve-768x527.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 854px) 100vw, 854px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It is, unfortunately, the never-ending story. Tiger Woods has again undergone a new surgery, the fourth in recent years, to try to end the back pain that prevents him from developing the talent that made him the best&nbsp;golfer of the last two decades. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The surgery went well and I am optimistic that this will relieve my back spasms and pain,&#8221; said Woods via&nbsp;his website, who has not played since he dropped out of the Dubai Desert Classic last Feb. 3 because of back pain.<\/p>\n<p>Woods first underwent back surgery shortly before the 2014 Masters and then two more surgeries after the 2015 PGA Tour season, when he was sidelined from golf for more than a year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The typical recovery time after the latter procedure is about six months,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>That schedule would mean missing the rest of this PGA Tour season and the Presidents Cup.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When healthy, I look forward to returning to a normal life, playing with my children, competing in professional golf and living without the pain I&#8217;ve been struggling with for so long,&#8221; Woods said on his website.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement comes two days after Woods said his back was &#8220;progressing&#8221; in a brief question session at the end of an event in Missouri to announce a new golf course he designed.<\/p>\n<p>The winner of 14 Grand Slam tournaments hit&nbsp;two shots&nbsp;in front of an enthusiastic crowd.<\/p>\n<p>Now, according to his website, Woods will rest for several weeks and then begin therapy and treatment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Although each procedure and each case is unique, patients generally return to full activity in approximately six months,&#8221; notes&nbsp;the note on Woods&#8217; website.<\/p>\n<p>The surgical procedure performed was a minimally invasive Anterior Lumbar Interactive Anterior Lumbar Fusion, aimed at relieving pressure on the nerve that produced&nbsp;sciatica and severe back and leg pain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is, unfortunately, the never-ending story. Tiger Woods has again undergone a new surgery, the fourth in recent years, to try to end the back pain that prevents him from developing the talent that made him the best&nbsp;golfer of the last two decades. &#8220;The surgery went well and I am optimistic that this will relieve [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6925,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[125],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21314\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}