Tiger Woods breaks silence on mystery illness after withdrawing from PGA Tour event
Tiger Woods breaks silence on mystery illness after withdrawing from PGA Tour event
Tiger Woods withdrew from the Genesis Invitational – his first PGA Tour appearance in 10 months – on Friday and he has confirmed his exit was due to illness rather than injury
Tiger Woods has confirmed he\’s suffering from the flu after withdrawing from the Genesis Invitational.
The 48-year-old was making his first PGA Tour appearance of the season at Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles, but he could only complete six holes of his second round on Friday. After hitting his tee shot on the seventh,m he informed playing partners Justin Thomas and Gary Woodland that he was withdrawing.
He was taken to the clubhouse on a buggy and fans feared Woods had suffered a recurrence of the back issues that have marred the later years of his career. But business partner Rob McNamara later confirmed Woods\’ withdrawal was \”not physical at all\”, revealing the 15-time major champion had been dealing with flu-like symptoms and was being treated with an IV bag.
Woods took to X on Saturday to confirm he quit the tournament due to illness. He said: \”I would like to confirm t
