Tiger out of the Masters.

[Bill From Tampa]

Reportedly had a procedure to fix a pinched nerve in his back.

 

[seminoleed]

Mmmmm...someone on this board will be ecstatic over this news.

 

[NoleMoreTears]

The procedure he is having can be dicey...many times it doesn't solve squat. I know he has the very best working on him but the results are highly variable.

 

[NoleMoreTears]

Before people get on me about an ESPN quote where 90% of people return to their "prior level" according to a study, read the study and ask yourself A) how many of them were world #1 and arguably greatest of all time; and B) how many of them already had a torn ACL, herniated neck, and torn Achilles (don't think for a second those are unrelated to the back problem).

 

[Rishi]

Let's hope his back doesn't essentially end his career as a top performer the way it essentially did for Fred Couples. Yes, Couples did have very good performances following his back problems, but he was far from a consistent performer after that.

 

[NoleMoreTears]

The reasons for the problems are very different. Freddy has (and always will) a reverse spine tilt. Tiger's is anything but that.

My hunch is this might lead to a change in swings and swing coaches for Tiger -- likely a year or two before absorbing that.

 

[NolaNole9]

Originally posted by Rishi:
Let's hope his back doesn't essentially end his career as a top performer the way it essentially did for Fred Couples. Yes, Couples did have very good performances following his back problems, but he was far from a consistent performer after that.

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[cmanole]

Originally posted by seminoleed:

Mmmmm...someone on this board will be ecstatic over this news.

A lot of people are...

 

[Bill From Tampa]

BTW as I am sure everyone has heard but if you haven't, not only is Tiger out of the Masters but so is the Eisenhower tree.