Tiger Woods undergoes surgery to relieve back spasms, pain.
Tiger Woods had yet another surgery on his lower back Friday morning. This one he hopes will relieve some of the spasms like those he experienced this year. It was the sixth surgery on his lower back in the past 10 years. In a statement on Woods’ social media, the procedure was described…
Tiger Woods had yet another surgery on his lower back Friday morning. This one he hopes will relieve some of the spasms like those he experienced this year.
It was the sixth surgery on his lower back in the past 10 years.
In a statement on Woods’ social media, the procedure was described as a microdecompression surgery of the lumbar spine for nerve impingement in the lower back. That also is referred to as a microdiscectomy, and the recovery time can be anywhere from eight to 12 weeks.
Woods is not scheduled to play again until the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas on Dec. 5-8 and the PNC Championship with his son, Charlie, on Dec. 21-22 in Orlando, Florida.
“The surgery went smoothly, and I’m hopeful this will help alleviate the back spasms and pain I was experiencing throughout most of the 2024 season,” Woods said.
