Tiger Woods out for rest of 2008 due to ACL in left knee and stress fractures in leg aggravated by US Open
The Golf Blog reported about this story on Tuesday, but then it was only a rumor. Now it’s official.
Tiger Woods announced on his website that he will undergo reconstructive surgery on his ACL in his left knee — the same knee he’s already had three surgeries. One site reports that Tiger said he injured the ACL from running several months ago after the British Open last year, but chose not to repair the ACL by surgery. He also has two stress fractures in his left tibia, aggravated by intense rehab and preparation for the U.S. Open. Apparently, they knew about the stress fractures even before the U.S. Open.
Wow. First of all, we obviously wish Tiger Woods a speedy recovery and thank him for all the he gave us last week. Basically, the guy risked further injury to his knee and that, in fact, is exactly what happened. Tiger Woods played against his doctor’s recommendations. He did win the U.S. Open, in dramatic fashion. “Although I will miss the rest of the 2008 season, I’m thrilled with the fact that last week was such a special tournament,” Woods said.
But, I ask you dear readers, was it all worth it? Tiger is out for all of 2008 — no British, no PGA, no Ryder Cup. Is the chance of winning the U.S. Open so much better than the chance of playing in the 2 other majors and the Ryder Cup? TIger must have known that was a possibility, yet he made the decision to play.
PGA Commisssioner Tim Finchem is no doubt going into crisis mode right now. With Tiger Woods for the rest of 2008, what will happen to the PGA’s revenues and ratings? The U.S. Open is not even a PGA event, so it probably didn’t make Finchem happy to have Woods risk injuring his knee.
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