
Stuns Sean O'Hair by coming from five strokes back at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, converting a birdie putt on the 18th hole at Bay Hill to capture his first tournament title since the 2008 U.S. Woods makes it to the second round of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, where he is defeated by Tim Clark. Open, his 14th major title, in a playoff over Rocco Mediate. Returns to the PGA Tour after eight months away due to surgery to replace the ACL in his left knee that occurred just days after winning the U.S. He also had cartilage repaired and did not play the rest of the year. Open, he had surgery on his left knee - his fourth procedure - to reconstruct his ACL, using a tendon from his right thigh. Tour boss: Support for Tiger, not golf, is No.Several weeks later, he was informed that he had two stress fractures in his left tibia and was advised to take time off and use crutches. Two days after a runner-up finish at the Masters, Woods had arthroscopic surgery on his left knee - his third knee surgery - to repair cartilage damage. But he was able to keep playing and won the PGA Championship. Sometime after The Open played at Carnoustie that year, Woods said he ruptured his ACL while running. In 2007, though, things really changed, setting the next stage of his life and a career filled with ups and downs: The injuries start to mount He also had benign cysts removed from his left knee, missing the 2003 season opener. 13, 2002, that saw fluid removed from inside and outside the ACL. In 1994, Woods had surgery on his left knee to remove two benign tumors and scar tissue.

Still, he has dealt with numerous health issues throughout his career, long before his first Masters win in 1997. Injuries are nothing new to Tiger Woods, but he has never faced ones as serious as his multiple leg fractures suffered in a car crash on Tuesday in Southern California. This story was originally published on Nov.
