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Like father, like son! Tiger Woods revealed on Friday, Dec. 16 that though each he and his son, 13-year-old Charlie Woods, have foot and ankle accidents, their principal focus is to get out on the golf course collectively and have a blast on the PNC Championship in Orlando, Fla. over the weekend. “You realize, I don’t actually care about that,” Tiger, 46, mentioned of the prospect that he’s delaying his restoration by taking part in within the match. “I believe being there with and alongside my son is much extra vital, and [getting] to have an opportunity to have this expertise with him is much better than my foot being a bit creaky.”
Each Tiger and Charlie have been on the golf course earlier within the day on the Ritz-Carlton Golf Membership and have been each noticeably limping. As followers know, Tiger continues to be recovering from the scary automobile accident he bought into in early 2021, from which he suffered extreme fractures in his decrease proper leg and ankle that required surgical procedure. He’s at present coping with swelling in his proper foot, or plantar fasciitis, which, based on the Mayo Clinic, is “some of the frequent causes of heel ache.” His ache was so extreme final month that he pulled out of the Hero World Problem, an occasion his basis hosts. The occasion befell in Albany, Bahamas between Nov. 28 and Dec. 4.
In the meantime, Charlie, who made his nationwide TV debut alongside his father on the 2020 PNC Championship, is affected by a sprained ankle.
“Any time I get an opportunity to spend time with my son, it’s all the time particular,” Tiger continued throughout his chat with the press. “And to do it in a aggressive discussion board, the final couple of years have been magical, and to have the ability to do it once more, we’re wanting ahead to it.”
Talking extra deeply about his ongoing restoration, Tiger mentioned that “it’s been loads tougher than folks most likely think about.” He continued, “There’s a number of the gamers who’re very near me know what I’ve type of gone by means of, they usually’re those that hold encouraging me to again off a bit bit.”
Regardless of his buddies’ encouragement to decelerate, Tiger mentioned that received’t be taking place. “However that’s probably not in my nature. My nature is attempting to get higher, and I’ve,” he defined. “And thru work ethic, I used to be capable of play and compete in three main championships this yr.” Tiger competed on the Masters Event in April and the one hundred and fiftieth Open in July. He withdrew from the PGA Championship after three rounds in Could.
Fortunately, Tiger is allowed to make use of a golf cart on the PNC Championship — one thing that would have doubtlessly been a make-or-break deal for him. “Yeah, I can hit golf balls,” Tiger mentioned on the Hero World Problem, wanting forward on the PNC Chamionship, per Golf.com. “It’s the strolling that simply hurts. In order that’s only a — one thing that — whenever you’ve bought plantar fasciitis, the one factor you are able to do is relaxation and attempt to stretch that out as finest as attainable, nevertheless it’s relaxation.”
“So this can be a troublesome week. The Father-Son can be a very simple week,” he mentioned with positivity. “Charlie will simply hit all of the pictures and I’ll simply get the putts out of the opening, so fairly straightforward there. However apart from that, within the match we’re taking part in in, we’re flying in carts.”
