MIAMI (AFP) — Tiger Woods, still hindered by the leg injuries he suffered in a 2021 car wreck, said Tuesday he is hoping to play the major championships in 2023 despite setbacks this year.
“My goal is to play the major championships and one or two more,” Woods told a press conference before the Hero World Challenge at the Albany in the Bahamas. “Physically that’s all I can do. I don’t have much left in this leg.”
Woods, who hosts the unofficial event that benefits his TGR Foundation, withdrew from the tournament on Monday because of painful plantar fasciitis in his right foot, which he said was related to the injuries from the crash outside Los Angeles in February of 2021.
The 15-time major champion revealed he had undergone two additional surgeries in 2022, although he declined to discuss specifics.
Woods appeared in just three professional tournaments in 2022 — making his return elite competition with a 47th-place finish at the Masters in April.
