Tiger Woods Comments on Recovery from Back Surgeries, Conditioning, Future

Tiger Woods was “tired” but felt “pretty good” after playing a few holes for the first time since August.

Woods played five holes at his Bluejack National golf course in Montgomery, Texas, the first such action the 14-time major champion took part in since his 13-under performance at the Wyndham Championship.

“I haven’t been out here playing like this. I hadn’t played any holes until today,” Woods said, per Bob Harig of ESPN.com. “I know people have said I’ve played holes back at Medalist, but I haven’t. This is actually the first time I’ve played holes since Wyndham. It’s been awhile.”

The 40-year-old Woods underwent back surgery for a second time in September and later had a follow-up procedure due to discomfort. 

“I’m just progressing,” Woods said, per Harig. “You saw how I was going at it today, nice and smooth. That’s harder than I have been going at it the last month. Just gradually progressing. We’re just trying to progress and I’m doing that.”

When Woods announced he would be having surgery once again, he aimed for early 2016 to make a …

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