Tiger Woods’ Injury Woes Make Him Non-Factor as 2015 Masters Approaches

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Published: February 7, 2015

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Tiger Woods has seemingly built a second home at the Augusta National Golf Club over the span of nearly two decades. However, given all of the problems plaguing both his body and his golf game at the moment, the 39-year-old doesn't need to leave any space in his closet for a fifth green jacket.

Woods was last seen on a golf course withdrawing with a back injury from the first round of the Farmers Insurance Open.

"It just never loosened back up again," he said of his back after a fog delay disrupted his pre-round preparations, per ESPN.com's Bob Harig. "And when we went back out, it just got progressively tighter."

Woods had just returned at December's Hero World Challenge after taking a prolonged break from golf to nurse his body back to health. The fact that the problem is already arising again isn't exactly an encouraging sign with the Masters a little over two months away.

It's not like the 14-time major champion had been pulling up any trees even before Thursday. He finished 17th at the Hero World Challenge and missed the cut altogether at the Phoenix Open after registering the worst single-round score of his illustrious career, per Ryan Burr of the Golf Channel:



As a result of his hiatus and subsequent struggles, Woods has fallen out of the top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking. His decline has been swift and unyielding:



Given all of the injuries Woods has suffered over the last five or so years, almost nobody expects to see the "Old Tiger" ever again. And it seems that only now are fans truly coming to grips with the fact that one of the most dominant athletes of his era is a shell of his former self.

Admittedly, Woods' 2015 season offers an extremely small sample size, but the early returns aren't promising. Before Thursday's withdrawal, Woods boasted a 46.43 percent driving accuracy and was hitting just 50 percent of his greens in regulation, acc...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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