{"id":298896,"date":"2023-12-01T02:08:59","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T02:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=298896"},"modified":"2023-12-01T02:08:59","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T02:08:59","slug":"tiger-woods-ominous-reply-to-fitness-question-after-hero-world-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/golf\/tiger-woods-ominous-reply-to-fitness-question-after-hero-world-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiger Woods’ ominous reply to fitness question after Hero World Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Tiger Woods said ‘everything’ hurt after his opening round at the\u00a0Hero World Challenge. Speaking to reporters after Thursday’s round, the 47-year-old said, in no uncertain terms, that his body is feeling the effects of not having played professional golf in more than half a year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“As I said earlier this week, I was going to have to have this ankle either replaced or fused at some point and it just wore out,” Woods said. I was dealing with bone on bone for a number of months and tournaments playing so I don’t have to worry about that anymore.”<\/p>\n

When pressed by a reporter to know specifically where the golf legend felt the most sore, Woods replied in a way only he can. “Everywhere,” Woods said, with a very slight smile creeping across his face.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The reporter asked a follow-up to see if he could get a more in-depth answer, to which Woods responded: “My leg, my back, my neck. Just from playing, hitting shots and trying to hold off shots. It’s just different at game speed too. Game speed is a lot different than ‘at-home’ speed.”<\/p>\n

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Woods has a bit of ground to make up, despite the Hero World Challenge having just begun. Heading into Round 2, Woods is sitting in 18th – among 20 golfers – at +3 and shooting 75, ahead of only Wyndham Clark and Will Zalatoris at 19th and 20th.<\/p>\n

Currently, Brian Harman and Tony Finau are tied for first at -5 and shooting 67. In Round 2, Woods will be facing off against Rickie Fowler, who is sitting one spot ahead of Woods on the leaderboard.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The golf legend had been on the shelf since April after withdrawing from the third round of The Masters and subsequently underwent a subtalar fusion on his right ankle.\u00a0<\/p>\n