Woods pulls out with pain in the neck
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May 11, 2010, Tuesday
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TIGER Woods's woes continued on Sunday when he pulled out of The Players Championship after completing six holes of his final round, citing a painful neck.
Competing in only his third event since his private life unravelled last year amid allegations of marital infidelities, the American did not appear in discomfort when he consulted with an official after a wayward drive at the seventh before quitting one shot later.
The world no. 1 was two over for the day and two under for the tournament when he withdrew. He shook hands with compatriot and playing partner Jason Bohn before leaving the course on a golf cart, continually flexing his right hand.
"I've been playing with a bad neck for quite a while," Woods told reporters in the locker room, at one point throwing one of his golf shoes to the floor in frustration. "I've been playing through it. I can't play through it any more.
"I'm having a hard time with the pain. There's tingling down my fingers, on the right side. They want me to go get a picture on it (the neck) next week.
"I might have a bulging disk," added Woods, who missed the cut for only the sixth time as a professional at last week's Quail Hollow Championship.
The 14-time major champion said he had first experienced the pain before last month's US Masters where he returned to the game after a self-imposed break of five months and tied for fourth in the year's opening major.
"It's on the backswing, downswing, follow through," Woods added, referring to the pain. "Setting up over the ball is fine, but once I start making the motion, it's downhill from there."
Woods, a distant 10 strokes off the lead at the start of the final round, had recorded a three-putt bogey at the third and also dropped at the par-four fifth after hitting his tee shot into water. It was the first time Woods had pulled out of a tournament during a round since competing as an amateur in the 1995 US Open.
Competing in only his third event since his private life unravelled last year amid allegations of marital infidelities, the American did not appear in discomfort when he consulted with an official after a wayward drive at the seventh before quitting one shot later.
The world no. 1 was two over for the day and two under for the tournament when he withdrew. He shook hands with compatriot and playing partner Jason Bohn before leaving the course on a golf cart, continually flexing his right hand.
"I've been playing with a bad neck for quite a while," Woods told reporters in the locker room, at one point throwing one of his golf shoes to the floor in frustration. "I've been playing through it. I can't play through it any more.
"I'm having a hard time with the pain. There's tingling down my fingers, on the right side. They want me to go get a picture on it (the neck) next week.
"I might have a bulging disk," added Woods, who missed the cut for only the sixth time as a professional at last week's Quail Hollow Championship.
The 14-time major champion said he had first experienced the pain before last month's US Masters where he returned to the game after a self-imposed break of five months and tied for fourth in the year's opening major.
"It's on the backswing, downswing, follow through," Woods added, referring to the pain. "Setting up over the ball is fine, but once I start making the motion, it's downhill from there."
Woods, a distant 10 strokes off the lead at the start of the final round, had recorded a three-putt bogey at the third and also dropped at the par-four fifth after hitting his tee shot into water. It was the first time Woods had pulled out of a tournament during a round since competing as an amateur in the 1995 US Open.
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