Tiger admits his days as full-time golfer are over
In an interview with Golf Digest, Tiger Woods said that while he could see himself playing in occasional PGA Tour events, his career as a full-time PGA Tour golfer is over after the severe leg injuries he suffered in a high-speed car crash last February.
“I think something that is realistic is playing the
Tour one day — never full time, ever again — but pick and choose, just like Mr. [Ben] Hogan did. Pick and choose a few events a year and you play around that,” Woods said, citing the golf legend who recovered from serious injuries suffered in a 1949 car crash to win six more majors while playing a limited schedule. “You practice around that, and you gear yourself up for that. I think that’s how I’m going to have to play it from now on. It’s an unfortunate reality, but it’s my reality. And I understand it, and I accept it.”
The interview was released eight days after Woods tweeted a video of himself taking practice swings, accompanied by a message that read “Making progress.” The video fueled speculation that he would be returning to the tour soon, but Woods said that he has “so far to go. I’m not even at the halfway point.”
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