Timetable For Tiger To Return

As the Masters prepares to open, it will do so without Tiger Woods. Woods has undergone a microdiscectomy on the herniated disc in his lower back and will miss "several months," according to a statement posted on TigerWoods.com (h/t Yahoo Sports).

But if Tiger does play, it will be just his fifth start of the year (and he's only finished two of those four events so far), and it will be with form far from the momentum of last season. As I noted with Woods at Doral, we have no idea 

Tiger Woods will not play in the 2014 Masters at Augusta National next week after having surgery on his ailing back. It's the first time in his professional career, which he opened with that historic win in 1997, that Tiger will not be at Augusta. Even

Tiger Woods will not play in the 2014 Masters at Augusta National next week after having surgery on his ailing back. It's the first time in his professional career, which he opened with that historic win in 1997, that Tiger will not be at Augusta. Even

Tiger Woods will not play in the 2014 Masters after having surgery on his injured back. The injury, which forced him to skip the Arnold Palmer Invitational two weeks ago, has been bothering him since last fall. He underwent a