It would have been the perfect way to honor a close friend and golfing legend, but Tiger Woods has pulled out of the Arnold Palmer Invitational tournament after failing to recover from a back injury.
Woods has not played since withdrawing from last month's Dubai Desert Classic because of back spasms, part of a recurring injury that has plagued his career for the best part of three years and resulted in multiple surgeries.
Woods said there was "no timetable" for his return but told his website "treatments are continuing and going well."
The latest setback casts serious doubt on the 14-time major champion's appearance in the upcoming Masters, 20 years after he won his first major there as a 21-year-old.
Woods said there was "no timetable" for his return but told his website "treatments are continuing and going well."
The latest setback casts serious doubt on the 14-time major champion's appearance in the upcoming Masters, 20 years after he won his first major there as a 21-year-old.
He missed the cut in his 2017 opener at Torrey Pines, and withdrew after a first-round 77 in Dubai. He also pulled out of a scheduled news conference at the Genesis Open at Riviera in aid of his foundation to rest his back.
Before the Dubai event, Woods told CNN he feared he would never play again after the "dark times" of injury.
The Arnold Palmer Invitational begins on March 16, just 20 days before the Masters.
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