Tiger optimistic as he is cleared to return after surgery
TIGER WOODS has been cleared to resume full golf activity with no restrictions by the doctor that performed back surgery on the 14-time major champion in April, ESPN reported on Monday.
The 41-year-old American has only played six competitive rounds in the past two years while trying to recover from multiple back surgeries.
“He got a nice report and is allowed to proceed,” Woods’ agent Mark Steinberg said. “He can do as much as he needs to do. Tiger is going to take this very, very slowly. This is good, but he plans to do it the right way.”
The American former world number one won the last of his 14 major titles in 2008 and late last month suggested he may never return to competitive golf but also said he was “optimistic” he could.
Tyrrell Hatton hardly got carried away after winning his second successive tournament on Sunday.
The 26-year-old Englishman may be on golf’s hottest streak right now after bagging almost $2-million in eight days, but the 25-year-old chose to celebrate winning the Italian Open by taking his caddie out for a burger.
A beaming Hatton posted the image on social media after his 15-foot putt on the 18th secured a one-shot win over Ross Fisher at Monza, the second time he has edged out his compatriot on successive Sundays after winning the Dunhill Links Championship by three shots.
Put another way, Hatton is 45 under par for his past eight rounds.
“I was fighting myself, trying to stay patient and you know my caddie kept saying ‘good things will come’, ‘good things will come’,” he said of his final round at Monza. “I guess I got my reward.” – Reuters