Forest tiger He played a cruel joke about those disappointed for his absence in Masters on Tuesday, using April Innocents Day as a troll form to fans for his most recent injury.
Earl this month, Woods announced that it had undergone “minimally invasive” surgery to repair A broken Achilles tendon, that he noticed as he entered during the first major of the year.
Tiger Woods prepares to take off during the PNC Championship at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club on December 21, 2024. (Images of Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn)
“When I started increasing my own training and practicing at home, I felt acute pain in the Achilles left, which was considered to break,” he said in a statement on social networks. “Now I am back at home and plan to concentrate on my recovery and rehabilitation, thanks for all the support.”
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Wood, 49, did not specify when he would return this year, and given his long list of injuries, fans assumed it would be some time.
But on Tuesday, Woods announced that it would compete in Augusta National.
“I can’t believe that I am saying this, but a few weeks after rupting my left Achilles, the dream in a hyperbaric camera plus the explosive lifts that my doctors and coaches made me ready to play teachers next week! I can’t wait! See all in the course,” he said in an X publication.
Tiger Woods hits an exit blow during the PNC championship on December 22, 2024. (Images of Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn)
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But before fans could get too excited, the 15 -time old winner revealed their joke.
“PD April Fools My Achilles is still a disaster :)”
Despite anguish, fans on social networks responded well to the joke.
“I’m glad you still have a sense of humor … although you have crushed many dreams this morning,” a user wrote.
“He entered directly in this. Good Tigre shot,” added another.
Tiger Woods laughs during a match at the Sofi Center on February 18, 2025, at Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. (IMAGN)
Woods has recovered from a list of injuries, but it has not been the same since he won his last specialty in 2019 in the Masters. He had a sixth back surgery last September and has had problems with the Achilles tendon before. He also cited the left Achilles tendon to retire from The players championship In 2011, when he was out for two months.
It is not clear how long his last injury will leave him aside for this year.
