Tiger Woods spotted limping in huge injury scare ahead of The Open
Tiger Woods has reportedly been spotted limping as the 48-year-old prepares to play at The Open later this week.
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Tiger Woods has reportedly been spotted limping as the 48-year-old prepares to play at The Open later this week.
The golf icon will be hoping to win a first major since securing glory at the Masters back in 2019, having started to get some momentum once again amid years of injury issues.
Woods has managed to play in all three majors so far this year. He finished 60th at the Masters before proceeding to miss the cut at both the PGA Championship and US Open.
According to Bunkered, Woods walked around Royal Troon with a limp.
Tiger Woods has reportedly been spotted limping as the 48-year-old prepares to play at The Open later this week
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But his overall performance bodes well for the weekend. He nearly pulled off a hole-in-one, with an effort rolling to within just three feet of the flag.
Golf fans are hopeful Woods will be able to pull off an unlikely triumph this weekend.
However, the likes of Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy and Bryson DeChambeau will take some stopping given their impressive form.
Woods remains the biggest name in golf, despite his powers waning over the years.
Five back surgeries and four surgeries on his knee have prevented the golf legend from scaling the heights of old.
Woods has indicated he won't play another tournament once The Open is out of the way.
Speaking at Pinehurst last month, he said: “I’ve only got one more tournament this season – I don’t think even if I win the British Open I don’t think I’ll be in the [PGA Tour] play-offs.
"Just one more event and then I’ll come back whenever I come back.”
And Colin Montgomerie believes it's time for the American to walk away and retire, insisting he's lost the 'charismatic aura' he once had.
"Aren't we there? I'd have thought we were there," the Briton said when asked whether Woods should quit golf for good.
"There is a time for all sportsmen to say goodbye, but it's very difficult to tell Tiger it's time to go.
"Obviously, he still feels he can win. We are more realistic.
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"I hope people remember Tiger as Tiger was, the passion and the charismatic aura around him. There is none of that now.
"At Pinehurst, he did not seem to enjoy a single shot and you think, 'What the hell is he doing?'
"He's coming to Troon and he won't enjoy it there either."
Jack Nicklaus remains the golf player with the most majors.
Tiger Woods will be hoping to win a first major in five years when he plays at The Open this week
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The 84-year-old won a staggering 18 during his playing days between 1962 and 1986, with three of those triumphs coming at The Open.
Woods is second with 15 which is four more than Walter Hagen, who wrote his name into the history books between 1914 and 1929.
Woods' first triumph at The Open was achieved in 2000, with the veteran fending off competition from Thomas Bjorn and Ernie Els to reign supreme.