Tiger Out Of Quail Hollow With "Minor Injury"**
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From his website, making The Players also sound iffy:
Woods suffered a Grade 1 mild medial collateral ligament sprain to his left knee and a mild strain to his left Achilles tendon while hitting a difficult and awkward second shot from the pine straw under the Eisenhower tree left of the fairway at No. 17 during the third round of the Masters. Woods was able to continue playing at Augusta and then later decided to seek a medical evaluation.
Doctors have advised rest and cold-water therapy, and soft tissue treatment will also occur later this week. There is no definitive time frame for healing, but Woods hopes to be back in a few weeks.
"I personally contacted tournament officials and expressed my regret in not being able to play," Woods said. "This is an outstanding event, but I must follow doctors' orders to get better."
I wonder if the doctors were consulted about the trip to China immediately after the Masters?
**Thanks to reader Martin for reminding us of the Masters.com's astounding video replay capability that lets you go back and see the shot where Tiger injured himself. Martin's instructions:
1) Go to the leaderboard as masters.com (http://www.masters.com/en_US/scores/index.html)
2) Click on Tiger Woods' name to expand his scorecard
3) Click on the "4" score on the 17th hole of his 3rd round.
Here is one video of Tiger hitting shots in China.
Also, there is this YouTube video of Tiger's Nike/China visit where you can watch him resting his injuries.
