{"id":16682,"date":"2023-04-19T20:23:51","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T20:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/golf-woods-undergoes-ankle-fusion\/"},"modified":"2023-04-19T20:26:17","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T20:26:17","slug":"golf-woods-undergoes-ankle-fusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/golf-woods-undergoes-ankle-fusion\/","title":{"rendered":"Golf-Woods undergoes ankle fusion surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(Reuters) &#8211;     Fifteen-times major champion Tiger Woods has undergone fusion surgery on a bone in his ankle, he said on Wednesday, 10 days after he withdrew from the Masters due to injury.<\/p>\n<p>The operation was performed to address his post-traumatic arthritis from a previous talus bone fracture, Woods said in a statement posted on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tiger is currently recovering and looks forward to beginning his rehabilitation,&#8221; the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>Woods, 47, has been playing a limited schedule on a rebuilt leg following a 2021 car crash and pulled out of the year&#8217;s first major after reaggravating a tissue inflammation that makes it difficult for him to walk.<\/p>\n<p>The year&#8217;s second major, the PGA Championship, takes place next month in Rochester, New York.<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p> (Reporting by Amy Tennery in New York, editing by Ed Osmond)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/golf-woods-undergoes-ankle-fusion\/file-photo-the-masters-3\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reuters_Direct_Media\/USOnlineReportSportsNews\/tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3I0UW-VIEWIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3I0UW-VIEWIMAGE\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/golf-woods-undergoes-ankle-fusion\/file-photo-the-masters-4\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reuters_Direct_Media\/USOnlineReportSportsNews\/tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3I0UY-VIEWIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3I0UY-VIEWIMAGE\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/golf-woods-undergoes-ankle-fusion\/file-photo-the-masters-5\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reuters_Direct_Media\/USOnlineReportSportsNews\/tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3I0UX-VIEWIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3I0UX-VIEWIMAGE\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/golf-woods-undergoes-ankle-fusion\/file-photo-the-masters-6\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reuters_Direct_Media\/USOnlineReportSportsNews\/tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3I0UZ-VIEWIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3I0UZ-VIEWIMAGE\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Reuters) &#8211; Fifteen-times major champion Tiger Woods has undergone fusion surgery on a bone in his ankle, he said on Wednesday, 10 days after he withdrew from the Masters due to injury. The operation was performed to address his post-traumatic arthritis from a previous talus bone fracture, Woods said in a statement posted on Twitter. 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