Will miss the rest of this years' majors. Sure makes all those "Tiger was just faking it" people look pretty silly.
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Tiger to Have Season-Ending Knee Surgery
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Will miss the rest of this years' majors. Sure makes all those "Tiger was just faking it" people look pretty silly.
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well at least he is looking at this the right way. it would really suck if this hadn't been for a major. he is so damn competitive that i don't know if he could pull out when close to the lead the entire time...no matter the tournament.
it is one that i will definitely remember for a long time.
it is one that i will definitely remember for a long time.
Tiger is bullshitting about this surgery...his knee isn't hurt. Remember? Several of you brilliant posters often pointed out during the U.S. Open that he was simply grimacing to make excuses for bad shots. Holy ****, some of you are just damn stupid.</p>
for thinking that he won't win four more majors. The guy is only 33 and is in far better physical shape than Jack was. He'll dominate golf for several more years.
which he is now having surgery to correct? You can't be this +%%*%$+ stupid, please tell me it's an act.
and has kicked the **** out of the field all the while. Good point. I guess I really should listen to your predictions though, you're always spot on.
That is from this story that another poster linked. He is only 32 years old. Missing two majors this season is far from being the end of his professional career. Yes he is hurt. The vast majority of golfers deal with recurring back, knee, and wrist injuries. Until he actually retires, it would be foolish to bet against him.
In fact, the man he is chasing suffered a hip injury in his second year as a pro. Here is a brief story on Jack's chronic hip problems. Here is a telling quote from the story.
Tiger had the surgery after the Masters to repair a torn meniscus with a "known" ACL tear. I am positive without a doubt that his surgeon told him that both needed to be fixed at the same time AND that if that was the case, then his season would have been over with the Masters. I imagine that Tiger wanted to just try the meniscal repair so that he could salvage the year...
What Tiger likely did was discount the scientific evidence presented by his physician that isolated meniscal repairs in the presence of any capsuloligamentous instability stand a much less chance of return to normal function. Tiger most likely reinjured his meniscus due to knee instability secondary to his ACL tear. He will now be getting his meniscus re-repaired and a cadaveric allograft (either gracilis tendon, ACL, or achilles tendon - achilles being what I would do) to replace his ruptured ACL. His recovery time will be a minimum of 6 months with intensive physical therapy. I certainly would expect him to be near the low estimate of recovery time, but it is still an operation with significant recovery necessitated.
What Tiger likely did was discount the scientific evidence presented by his physician that isolated meniscal repairs in the presence of any capsuloligamentous instability stand a much less chance of return to normal function. Tiger most likely reinjured his meniscus due to knee instability secondary to his ACL tear. He will now be getting his meniscus re-repaired and a cadaveric allograft (either gracilis tendon, ACL, or achilles tendon - achilles being what I would do) to replace his ruptured ACL. His recovery time will be a minimum of 6 months with intensive physical therapy. I certainly would expect him to be near the low estimate of recovery time, but it is still an operation with significant recovery necessitated.
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