Tour News
Yet another back surgery for Tiger Woods
Bad news, Tiger fans. According to a statement on the golfer’s website, Tiger Woods underwent a “successful follow-up procedure to his September back surgery.”
For Woods, it’s his third back surgery in the last year and a half. And the procedure was performed by the same Park City, Utah neurosurgeon as his previous two — Dr. Charles Rich.
“It’s one of those things that had to be done. I have an outstanding team of doctors, and I’ll be back as soon as I can,” Woods said in the statement, which also indicated he’ll be in attendance at his Hero World Challenge in December.
Woods added: “My family and the fans’ concern and support have helped a lot. I’ll be back, and I’ll be ready to compete.”
Exactly when, however, remains unclear, as Woods presently has no timetable for a return, according to his website.
The former world No. 1 had his first microdiscectomy surgery in March of 2014 and the second procedure in mid-September to address lingering issues.
As ESPN’s Jason Sobel aptly stated in his report on the matter: “Any short-term optimism took a severe turn with this latest news.”
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Photos from the 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
GolfWRX is live this week at the Wells Fargo Championship as a field of the world’s best golfers descend upon Charlotte, North Carolina, hoping to tame the beast that is Quail Hollow Club in this Signature Event — only Scottie Scheffler, who is home awaiting the birth of his first child, is absent.
From the grounds at Quail Hollow, we have our usual assortment of general galleries and WITBs — including a look at left-hander Akshay Bhatia’s setup. Among the pullout albums, we have a look inside Cobra’s impressive new tour truck for you to check out. Also featured is a special look at Quail Hollow king, Rory McIlroy.
Be sure to check back throughout the week as we add more galleries.
General Albums
- 2024 Wells Fargo Championship – Monday #1
- 2024 Wells Fargo Championship – Tuesday #1
- 2024 Wells Fargo Championship – Tuesday #2
WITB Albums
- Akshay Bhatia – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Matthieu Pavon – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Keegan Bradley – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Webb Simpson – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Emiliano Grillo – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Taylor Pendrith – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Kevin Tway – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
Pullout Albums
- New Cobra equipment truck – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Rory McIlroy – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- New Cobra equipment truck – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Eric Cole’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Custom Cameron putter – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Matt Kuchar’s custom Bettinardi – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Justin Thomas – driver change – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Rickie Fowler – putter change – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Rickie Fowler’s new custom Odyssey Jailbird 380 putter – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Tommy Fleetwood testing a TaylorMade Spider Tour X (with custom neck) – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Cobra Darkspeed Volition driver – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
See what GolfWRXers are saying about our Wells Fargo Championship photos in the forums.
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Tour Photo Galleries
Photos from the 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
GolfWRX is on site this week in McKinney, Texas, at the 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson (FKA the AT&T Byron Nelson).
Last year at TPC Craig Ranch, Jason Day ended a five-year winless streak. J-Day is in the field again, as are Jordan Spieth, Tom Kim, and Will Zalatoris.
We have our usual assortment of general galleries, WITBs, and pullout albums for your perusal. As always, we’ll continue to add links to additional albums as they make their way to us from the Lone Star State.
Check out links to all our photos below.
General Albums
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Monday #1
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Monday #2
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Tuesday #1
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Tuesday #2
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Tuesday #3
WITB Albums
- Pierceson Coody – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Kris Kim – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- David Nyfjall – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Adrien Dumont de Chassart – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Jarred Jetter – North Texas PGA Section Champ – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Richy Werenski – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Wesley Bryan – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Parker Coody – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Peter Kuest – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Blaine Hale, Jr. – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Kelly Kraft – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Rico Hoey – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
Pullout Albums
- Adam Scott’s 2 new custom L.A.B. Golf putters – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Scotty Cameron putters – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Ben Griffin playing Maxfli golf ball
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Photos from the 2024 Zurich Classic of New Orleans
GolfWRX is live on site this week at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans for the PGA Tour’s one-and-only two-man team event.
As usual, general galleries, WITBs, and pullout albums — including some pretty spicy custom putters and headcovers — await your viewing.
Be sure to check back for more photos from the Big Easy, as we’ll continue to update this page with additional galleries throughout the week.
General Albums
- 2024 Zurich Classic – Monday #1
- 2024 Zurich Classic – Monday #2
- 2024 Zurich Classic – Tuesday #1
- 2024 Zurich Classic – Tuesday #2
WITB Albums
- Alex Fitzpatrick – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Austin Cook – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Alejandro Tosti – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Davis Riley – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- MJ Daffue – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Nate Lashley – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- James Nicholas – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Kevin Streelman – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Rasmus Hojgaard – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Tom Whitney – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- SangMoon Bae – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Daniel Berger – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Rory McIlroy – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Russ Cochrane – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Aldrich Potgieter – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Steve Stricker WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Drew Brees WITB (Legendary New Orleans Saints QB) – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Derek Carr (New Orleans Saints QB) – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Thriston Lawrence WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
Pullout Albums
- MJ Daffue’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Cameron putters – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Swag covers ( a few custom for Nick Hardy) – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Custom Bettinardi covers for Matt and Alex Fitzpatrick – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Doug Ghim’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Patrick Cantlay spotted testing a Scotty Cameron blade putter – 2024 Zurich Classic
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Steve
Nov 1, 2015 at 9:43 pm
Golf needs Tiger, it is shrinking and it needs someone to draw interest again. The Pga tour as far as talent goes is fine. But Rory, Jordan and the rest are just boring to watch. Without Tiger or Phil sponsorship will slow down and ratings will go even lower then they are now
Cyd
Nov 2, 2015 at 10:19 pm
blah, blah, blah, blah, BLAH!
Steve
Nov 3, 2015 at 8:45 am
Duh, duh, duh, duh, DUH?
Palo Alto Perv
Oct 31, 2015 at 11:10 pm
Bah…old timers were not 240 yard short knock chumps, I’ve watched Mickey Wright bang her drives 300+ on the regular at Stanford Golf Course back in the day. Persimmons and balata. Sam Snead averaged 270-280 back in the 1950s.
KoreanSlumLord
Oct 31, 2015 at 10:12 pm
Sam Snead had a back injury from playing football- that is why he played golf. Never a golf injury. Hogan near life ending accident caused left side damage again not from golf.
Sam Snead averaged in the 270s in the 50’s. Mickey Wright having the best swing according to Hogan often drove the ball 300 yards in the 60s.
Brian
Oct 31, 2015 at 12:45 pm
I’m most concerned by the tone of ‘we went back in there’ after the 2nd surgery.
Speculative, but he might have had a fusion operation in September, and this latest procedure was to remove the electro-stimulater that they insert temporarily to speed up the bone growth. I know a few guys who’ve had fusions, and while they walk OK, they don’t sports anymore.
I’m not sure if he still has a golf career, at this point.
KoreanSlumLord
Oct 31, 2015 at 12:40 pm
Why didn’t the old timers like Sam Snead, Billy Casper, Ben Hogan, etc have golf related injuries? I have to think possibly swing mechanics from 80’s to today have something to do with back injuries etc. X-factor messed up lots of guys in Korea I recall. I dunno just don’t understand…not like these old guys are short knockers they were mashing it 280-300 with persimmons!
David
Oct 31, 2015 at 3:10 pm
Sam Snead back injuries…read the article in the link.
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=950&dat=19500330&id=PA9QAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fFUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1279,5193769&hl=en
Ben Hogan…car accident but injuries that set him back towards retirement.
http://www.golfdigest.com/story/usopen_benhogan_diaz
Billy Casper…hand injury.
http://www.golfchannel.com/media/injury-almost-ended-caspers-career/
Time does not cause injuries. All golfers had their share of them and since we did not live the era we are not going to read about an injury a golfer had back in the 40’s. Today with social media we know everything as it happens. People have not changed…how we live has.
Also, the longest drives in the era averaged about 240-250 with some of the longest drives about 270. Not sure where you got your stats.
TigerzDunzo
Oct 31, 2015 at 12:01 pm
Tiger is done….good riddance. The quicker we can move on the better. The new generation of Speith, Rory, Fowler…..they make golf FAR more interesting than someone whupping a weak field of Ernie, YE Yang and Vijay. Adios Baldrick……we’ll miss ya and your surly, entitled, gods gift to us, non autograph signing rear end. NOT.
Gyrglfr
Nov 1, 2015 at 12:23 am
LOL…… you’re a liar….you clicked to read…..means you as interested in tiger as everyone else is….good/bad/indifferent
Cyd
Nov 2, 2015 at 10:21 pm
sychophant
michael
Oct 31, 2015 at 10:30 am
Sad to hear that he needed another surgery. Those take a toll on you and at his age he might want to change his swing in the sense of being more smooth rather than just mashing it all of the time. He needs to take care of himself for the long term not just for golf either. I have had back problems and knee problems in the last 5 years and it take some doing but you have to take care of your body so that you will be able to do the things that you want to do when you get older. I am 50 but I still want to be able to enjoy things when I get in my 60s and 70s. So I try to take care of myself now.
Glof
Oct 31, 2015 at 8:23 am
so much money. so much crappy team around….
David
Oct 31, 2015 at 7:10 am
People will troll comment this article to feed their own insecurities and refuse to look at the fact that Tiger changed the face of golf.
Will he win another major? How many more majors will he win? Will he even win another tournament again? Is Tiger done? Whats wrong with his swing? These are the some of the questions that people now talk about when discussing Tiger. This only proves that he changed the game for how we see it today. Greatness in talent like his is rare in not just golf, but in any sport. We all miss those Sunday afternoons when we had a chance to witness something special…something that may we may never see again. Without greatness on Sunday we all look for answers for what is missing.
Does it really matter what Tiger does from here on out? He set the bar so high for the younger generation that maybe, just maybe, Sunday greatness will return again.
You can troll this comment and everything you say about it will be right. In your little word of insecurity you will always be right.
Slammer
Oct 31, 2015 at 11:18 am
Sam Snead played into his 60s without any trouble with the old equipment, no nutritionists, no trainers, none of the so-called modern day comforts nor technologies and certainly no doctors and surgeons with high-tech equipment scrutinizing every little bruise, and using old heavy wood and steal equipment with rubber, wound, and balata balls on imperfect courses with imperfect greens. Took days to get across the country let alone across the pond to the UK. Shot his age numerous times in his 70s. Never had any serious injuries. He set the bar highest for how golf could be played, for LIFE. Eldrick can chase that as much as he wants, but will never achieve it. Done and dusted.
M
Oct 31, 2015 at 3:30 am
Nothing to see here, move on
prime21
Oct 31, 2015 at 6:29 am
Then why’d you read the article AND take the time to comment? Oh yeah, because it’s open season for Trolls.
Troll
Oct 31, 2015 at 3:34 pm
Just to get a rise out of you
KK
Oct 31, 2015 at 12:32 am
Tiger seems to have overtaken Kobe in major injuries and missed time. And he’s 2 years older than Kobe who is all but done. Granted, golf is not basketball. However, golf has become an extremely athletic sport in the past 15 years. Perhaps it’s time we bury the Tiger we once knew and loved and move on.
gvogel
Oct 30, 2015 at 10:01 pm
Golf is in a pretty good place. If Tiger doesn’t play until the end of 2016, it won’t matter much. He wasn’t competitive in 2015.
there are a handful of young guys who are playing really well at the moment.
dan360
Oct 30, 2015 at 8:59 pm
As someone who had a similar procedure performed by Dr. Robert Masson who I believe to be as talented if not moreso than Dr. Rich, my mere mortal advice to Mr. Woods is take all the time you need plus more to regain as close to normal life post surgeries as possible. Minimally invasive is still a major surgery when the spinal cord is involved. 100% recovery is never possible but best wishes to reach the 95-99th percentile. Take care of yourself. Golf can wait. You have achieved more than any human could ever dream of and when you playfully lift your grandchildren over your head you will appreciate taking the time today.
Sincerely,
Dan C.
Olympia, WA