Tiger Woods talks about the recovery process, the precarious schedule before joining his son to the PNC Championship 2022
A fun, family-filled weekend kicks off at the 2022 PNC Championship with Tiger Woods and his son, Charlie, garnering most of the headlines. While the younger Woods’ swing has taken social media by storm, the condition and health of the older Woods – who has taken social media by storm since his inception – remains on most’s minds. everyone.
“I can practice. I just can’t walk,” Woods said, echoing his comment from the Hero World Challenge. “So when you’re dealing with plantar [fasciitis] like this, it’s one of those things where I needed a break, and I didn’t really do it.”
Developing plantar fasciitis in his right foot, Woods was forced to withdraw from the Hero World Challenge – an event he organizes every year – in early December. Despite this leg injury accompanied by a recovering leg and Five previous back surgeries, the 82-time winner has competed in The Match 7 against Rory McIlroy against Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth, and will compete again at this week’s PNC Championship.
Woods said of her road to recovery: “It was a lot harder than anyone could imagine. “There are some players who are very close to me who know what I’ve been through, and they’re the ones who always encourage me to step back a little bit. But that’s not really my nature. It’s my nature to try. And through work, as I said, I was able to play and compete in three major championships this year.
“And this season isn’t really a season. I’ve been speeding things up. But then, come Monday, we’re going to turn it all off and take care of this foot so I can speed things up normally. Like you ‘I saw, I can hit the golf ball. I can do all that. I can practice at home. I can hit the shots around the green. I can do it all. I just can’t get from point A to point B.”
With plans set to begin after the end of the PNC Championship, one can’t help but wonder what Woods’ future schedule will look like. Played just nine rounds of competition in the 2021-22 PGA Tour season – four at mastersthree at the PGA Championship and two at The Open — the 15-time major champion is rarely seen, an oddity that golf fans will have to get used to.
Conventional wisdom suggests Woods is likely to tee off in February at the Genesis Invitational, and possibly even The Players Championship in early March if the body is ready. Otherwise, all eyes will still be on Augusta National for The Masters in April, which will be the first of four major championship appearances in 2023.
Maybe that’s the thing for Woods and five leagues will be the maximum. Maybe not. There are other events, including The Memorial, that take place right between the PGA Championship and the US Open, which makes sense but only time will tell as more health, stamina, and endurance information becomes available. his.
What is certain is that the recent development of plantar fasciitis is not in Woods’ favor. Depriving him of the chance to play alongside 19 of the world’s best players in The Bahamas, it also brought a sense of precariousness to his recovery time.
“No, not yet,” Woods said when he learned of his future schedule. “Because if I don’t feel like this in my foot, then, yes, I can tell you that and I’ll have a better idea. But I have to rest, stretch and let it heal. But I’m not doing that at the moment.”
Instead, Woods is playing alongside his son as the two try to improve their runner-up from a year ago. With the potential for new injuries or the exacerbation of long-standing old ones, Woods turning 47 sees the bigger picture, and if some more pain is the price he has to pay. a few rounds with my son, accept it.
“I don’t really care about that [a potential setback]”, said Woods. “I think it’s much more important to be there and with my son, and to have a much better chance of experiencing this with him than having my legs creak a little.”
