Woods undergoes back surgery to 'alleviate pain'

Fifteen-time awesome victor Tiger Woods has had further room connected his backmost aft an injury-hit season.

A connection connected X said Woods "underwent microdepression room of nan lumbar spine for nervus impingement successful nan little back" connected Friday greeting and nan room successful Florida was "deemed to beryllium successful" by nan surgeon.

The American, 48, who past played astatine The Open successful Troon successful July wherever he missed nan cut, said he hoped it would "alleviate backmost spasms and pain" he knowledgeable this year.

Woods has undergone various backmost surgeries successful nan past decade and a constricted schedule since suffering a superior limb wounded successful a car clang successful 2021.

"The room went smoothly and I'm hopeful it will alleviate nan backmost spasms and nan symptom I was experiencing passim astir of nan 2024 season," he said.

"I look guardant to tackling this rehab and preparing myself to get backmost to normal life activities, including golf."

Woods has played astatine nan 4 fields this year, missing nan trim astatine 3 and finishing 60th astatine nan Masters, and withdrew during nan 2nd information of nan Genesis Invitational successful February pinch flu-like symptoms.