In his third tournament since returning from back surgery, this had the look of a serious setback, as Woods injured himself playing a shot from edge of a bunker on the par-5 second hole. "I just jarred it, and it's been spasming ever since," Woods told
Woods, 38, entered this week's tournament looking to get his game back on track. He sat out for two months months after having surgery on his back for a pinched nerve on March 31. Woods missed the Masters and the U.S. Open before making his return at
Tiger Woods pulled out of the WGC Bridgestone on Sunday after suffering a back injury. Woods said he sustained the injury on the second hole, but officially withdrew from the tournament on the ninth hole following his drive.
In his column about the new back injury that forced Tiger Woods to withdraw from the WGC Firestone on Sunday, Robert Lusetich of Fox Sports outlines an off-beat but plausible explanation for why Tiger keeps getting hurt.
Tiger Woods and Tony Romo walk off the ninth hole after ending their third round of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am in 2012. (Getty Images). Should Cowboy fans be concerned that Tiger Woods had to withdraw from