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Woods won't be stopped by second back operation

Tiger Woods will play his next competitive round of golf when he’s 40.

That is, if he makes it to the first tee.

Woods announced Friday that he had a second microdiscectomy surgery on his back Wednesday and won’t play again the rest of the year.

“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. … This is unfortunate, but these things happen. I've been injured before and played again. It won't be any different this time.