Tiger Woods withdraws from 2023 US Open as he continues to battle injuries

In an anticipated transfer, Tiger Woods has withdrawn from the 2023 U.S. Open at Los Angeles Nation Membership in June, the USGA introduced on Monday. 

Woods continues to work by means of accidents and surgical procedures he’s been recovering from, together with plantar fasciitis and proper ankle surgical procedure from April 19 that addressed “post-traumatic arthritis from his earlier talus fracture,” which was an damage sustained in his February 2021 automobile wreck. 

Whereas there isn’t any timetable for return, Woods lacking The Masters and the PGA Championship this previous week led many to imagine that he wouldn’t be capable to stroll the Los Angeles Nation Membership course in mid-June. 

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Tiger Woods waves after his weather-delayed second spherical of the Masters at Augusta Nationwide Golf Membership on April 8, 2023, in Georgia. (AP Picture/Charlie Riedel)

Woods did play within the Genesis Invitational in February, the place he completed tied forty fifth, and ideas started percolating that he could possibly no less than compete in all of the majors. 

As an alternative, it’s been the one match Woods has performed all yr, and now it’s unknown when he can get again on the market to play competitively. 

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The U.S. Open is a match that Woods has gained 3 times in his legendary profession, his most up-to-date in 2008. He additionally gained it in 2000 and 2002. 

Tiger Woods getting ready for the Open Championship in 2022. (Christian Petersen/Getty Pictures)

In fact, Woods remains to be making an attempt to chase down Jack Nicklaus’s 18 main match wins. He has 15 for his profession, with the latest coming on the 2019 Masters. 

The fourth and ultimate main of the yr would be the 2023 Open Championship at Royal Liverpool from July 20-23. With Woods seemingly making an attempt to play in simply majors as his profession dwindles down, that will be the subsequent alternative to take action. 

Tiger Woods was concerned in a single-vehicle automobile crash in February 2021. (Oisin Keniry/Getty Pictures)

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Matt Fitzpatrick might be defending his solely main title of his younger profession in LA, as he secured the U.S. Open final yr. He shot six-under-par, which was one shot forward of Scottie Scheffler and Will Zalatoris.