Woods undergoes ankle fusion surgery
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[April 20, 2023]
(Reuters) - Fifteen-times major champion Tiger Woods has
undergone fusion surgery on a bone in his ankle, he said on Wednesday,
10 days after he withdrew from the Masters due to injury.
The operation was performed to address his post-traumatic arthritis from
a previous talus bone fracture, Woods said in a statement posted on
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Golf - The Masters - Augusta National Golf
Club - Augusta, Georgia, U.S. - April 6, 2023 Tiger Woods of the U.S.
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"Tiger is currently recovering and looks
forward to beginning his rehabilitation," the statement said.
Woods, 47, has been playing a limited schedule on a rebuilt leg
following a 2021 car crash and pulled out of the year's first
major after reaggravating a tissue inflammation that makes it
difficult for him to walk.
The year's second major, the PGA Championship, takes place next
month in Rochester, New York.
(Reporting by Amy Tennery in New York, editing by Ed Osmond)
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