Tiger Woods, who is now 40, has officially withdrawn from the PGA Championship and will be replaced by Harold Varner III. This is the first time since 1994 that Woods has not played in at least one major championship. He played in the 1995 Masters as a 19-year-old. Woods has been slowly nursing himself back to health after undergoing multiple back surgeries in 2015. There have been rumors of his poor health and a return all year to which Tiger responded multiple times. The last time we saw Tiger hitting balls was before the Quicken Loans National at Congressional Country Club where he was the host of the event. The outcome of those three shots was brutal to watch as all three easy wedge shots that he attempted into a 100-yard par-3 found the water. It’s easy to say that Woods will never return, and he may have alluded to as much in a comment to Barry Svrluga of the Washington Post who asked Woods whether or not he could envision himself returning to Congressional as a host in a role similar to that of Jack Nicklaus at the Memorial.
Tiger Woods Won't Play Again this Season, but What About Next Season?
