Tiger Woods had back surgery Wednesday and won’t play again in 2015.
“This is certainly disappointing, but I’m a fighter,” Woods said Friday on his website. “I've been told I can make a full recovery, and I have no doubt that I will."
The microdiscectomy surgery was performed in Park City, Utah, by neurosurgeon Dr. Charles Rich, who also performed the initial operation to Woods’ back March 31, 2014. He missed three months after that surgery.
“With the upcoming offseason, the decision was made to remove a small disc fragment that was pinching his nerve,” Rich said.