Tiger Woods will not continue this season, after surgery a week ago. It is still difficult to estimate with certainty how long Tiger will be absent from the golf courses, but all indications are that we will not see him this year.
Famous names in the golf scene reacted to Tiger’s surgery, having different opinions.
Dan Rapaport stressed during the Dan on Golf podcast that it is necessary to stop with optimistic messages that Tiger will play this year. Rapaport calls for reality, aware that the injuries that have created massive problems for Tiger cannot cause optimism.
“I think we have to officially just stop with that. Stop with the, oh he’s going to play more this year.
This one just felt like there was some finality in this one. With other injuries he had a minor knee surgery or minor back surgery, to rupture Achilles.”- he said, as quoted by The Golfing Gazette.
Rapaport pointed out that such injuries are really serious, a bit disappointed that we will not see a great golfer at this year’s edition of the Masters.
“If you could choose it is one of the worst injuries you could give an athlete, especially to a 49-year-old who has to swing into his left side. It’s just sad. I’m really bummed he won’t be at the Masters playing.”- he continued.
Dan Rapaport on Tiger Woods’ results
Rapaport explained his results by saying that more than four years had passed since the accident.
He emphasized that the best result that Woods achieved in that period was T45 at the Genesis Invitational. Dan stressed that he finished 18th out of 20 players at the Hero World Challenge, which shows that his results were not good even before this last period.
In addition to injuries, age is also a huge problem for him. Playing at the top level for years and dominating carries some consequences. It’s hard to expect someone to dominate this sport for years.
