Tiger Woods has surgery on back to alleviate spasms, pain he experienced throughout 2024

Tiger Woods has undergone another surgery on his back.

The Jupiter Island resident announced Friday on social media he had microdecompression surgery on the lumbar spine for nerve impingement in the lower back at Hospital for Special Surgery in West Palm Beach.

The procedure is believed to be his sixth surgery on his lower back.

Woods, 48, played in five tournaments this year, finishing just one. He withdrew from the Genesis Invitational after one round due to illness, finished 60th at the Masters, then missed the cuts at the PGA Championship, U.S. Open and British Open.

“The surgery went smoothly, and I’m hopeful this will help alleviate the back spasms and pain I was experiencing throughout most of the 2024 season,’’ the 15-time major champion wrote. “I look forward to tackling the rehab and preparing myself to get back to normal life activities, including golf."

Sheeraz Qureshi, a spine surgeon and co-chief of Hospital of Special Surgery, performed the procedure.

Woods said following his last round at the British Open he did not expect to play again until the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas Dec. 5-8. He added he will play at the PNC Championship with his son, Charlie, on Dec. 21-22 in Orlando.

In January, TGL, the interactive golf league founded by Woods and Rory McIlroy, will launch at the SoFi Center on the Palm Beach State College campus in Palm Beach Gardens.

Woods, who is part owner and player for Jupiter Links Golf Club, one of six franchises in TGL, is expected to be ready for the TGL season.

Woods had surgery in 2017 to fuse his lower spine and microdiscectomy procedures in his lower back in 2014, twice in 2015 and in 2020.

The last procedure came just a few months prior to his car crash Feb. 23, 2021, outside of Los Angeles in which he nearly lost his right leg.

Tom D'Angelo is a senior sports columnist and golf reporter for The Palm Beach Post. He can be reached at tdangelo@pbpost.com.

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