The former Tiger Woods caddie, Billy Foster, doubts that the golf legend will retire despite suffering a great setback before the masters in April.
Woods, 49, confirmed that the Achilles tendon was broken and will be marginalized for a long time due to the injury.
In a statement on social networks, Woods shared that “when I began to increase my own training and practice at home, I felt acute pain in the left Achilles, which was considered to be broken.”
'This morning, Dr. Charlton Stucken of Hospital For Special Surgery at West Palm Beach, Florida, made a minimally invasive aquiles tendons repair for a broken tendon.
“I am back at home now and plan to concentrate on my recovery and rehabilitation, thanks for all the support.”
Achilles' tear arrives in the middle of a decade full of injuries to the forest. The mishaps have led fans to think that their days in the course have ended.
The former Caddie Billy Foster of Tiger Woods believes that the golfer will not retire after his Achilles tear
Tiger Woods revealed that he has suffered an Achilles break in a shock statement on Tuesday
However, Foster, who cadded for Woods in the 2005 president Cup, insisted that the four -time winner of the PGA championship would move away from sport forever.
“Tiger can still win on the tour, but he needs to play from eight to ten events a year,” Foster told Genting Casino.
“His leg is obviously very bad, but if he can get some kind of strength, and he can start playing only a handful of tournaments more than he has, he can still compete and I still think he can win,” he continued.
Woods, twice winner of the players, has not played the flagship event of the PGA Tour since 2019. He tied the 30th, and a month later he won the Masters for his fifth green jacket and his 15th important championship.
He obtained a five-year exemption for players with that Masters victory and won an additional year to account for the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. The players were canceled after a round in 2020, although Woods did not enter due to the stiffness in the back.
There are no special exemptions for players. His only way back would be through his performance this year, or if he ever played the PGA Tour champions after 50 years and win the Kaulig Companies Championship, previously Senior players, in Firestone.
However, after the devastating news on Tuesday, that way back to TPC Sawgrass has become more challenging.
“Tiger won't think about the senior tour,” said Foster. 'It is the strongest mind I've found. Obviously, Jack had a similar mentality, but Tiger has been a different animal from any player I have seen during the 40 years of my caddying.
The 15 -time old winner was preparing for his last return when he felt a “acute pain”
Woods was expected to return in the Masters, where he is a winner five times
'It is the strongest mentality, the most elite athlete and the best player I have seen. To discard it, discard it at your own risk, regardless of whether you have a leg or not.
'If you are playing a little more and the game is adjusted, you can win anywhere. Then the senior tour will be the last in his mind.
This last injury continues a miserable streak of ailments, which included almost losing his right leg in a car accident. He has previously torn the Achilles tendon on his right ankle, as well as ligaments broken on his left knee.
Last September, Woods had a sixth return operation in 10 years. The surgery was formally called 'microdecompression surgery of the lumbar column'.
Woods, a winner of 82 times at the PGA Tour, suffered extensive injuries due to a car accident in a single vehicle in 2021 that broke his right leg and ankle and required emergency surgery.
Later he had another ankle surgery to address persistent problems in 2023, weeks after retiring from the edition of that year of the Masters.