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Woods to skip British Open (4:10)
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Todd Lewis and Jason Sobel discuss Tiger Woods' decision to skip the British Open and ponder when fans might see him return to action.
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-Golf Central Special. -Hi, there. It's Todd Lewis with GolfChannel.com.
[unk] Jason Sobel. Tiger Woods will not be at [unk]
competing in the 2011 Open Championship. He made that announcement
via his website on Tuesday. And, here's that Tiger had
to say: "Unfortunately, I've been advised that I should not
play in the British Open. As I stated at the
AT&T National, I am only gonna come back when I'm
100% ready. I do not want to risk further injury
- that is different from me but I'm being smarter
this time. I'm very disappointed and wanted to express my
regrets to the British Open fans. In hindsight, I probably
shouldn't have competed at the Players. It's a big event
and I wanted to be there to support the tour.
I've got to learn from what I did there and
do it right this time and not come back until
I'm ready. I think my years are still ahead of
me and I'm very confident and optimistic about the future."
What's also said on his website that he personally contacted
Peter Dawson who is the chief executive of the R&A
to explain why he is unable to play. Not shocking
news. He kind of hinted about this last week at
the AT&T National. What is your reaction? -Well, I think
the first reaction, Todd, is that we shouldn't be surprised
by this. As Tiger motioned last Tuesday AT&T National pre-tournament
press conference, he said he would only come back if
and when he was 100% ready to go. And, you
couldn't believe that was gonna only take a week. He's
been out now - since playing those 9 holes at
the Players Championship in mid May so, it's been awhile
and now, I think the big question is: When is
he going to return? Tiger's next scheduled event would be
the WGC Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone. One week after that
would be the PGA Championship. That's in August, next month.
You've got to wonder whether he's gonna be ready for
that. If he's not, I don't know if he's gonna
return for the rest of the season [unk]. -Yeah. That
is a very good point to bring up. And by
the way, this is just the second time that Tiger
has missed the Open Championship since 1995. The other time,
coming in 2008 when he had reconstructive surgery on his
left knee. Tiger's injury list kinda looks like that of
a running back. We're gonna show you all the injuries
that he has gone through dating back to- -[unk]. -When
he was young in 1994 but probably, the most glaring
happening in 2008 when he had first the scope on
his knee then trying to rehab. He had stress fractures.
Went on to win the US Open in Torrey Pines
and shutting down the rest of the year, having reconstructive
surgery on his ACL and he also repaired cartilage damage
[unk] - He's 35 years old and his body -
the lower half of his body has been through a
lot and of course now, he's gonna be missing the
Open Championship after missing the US Open in June. I
mean, you mentioned where does he go forward and I'm
not [unk] - not talking about just this year. Where
does he go forth throughout of his career? Are injuries
you think gonna be plaguing him? -I don't know. I'm
not his doctor. I haven't seen the X-rays. I don't
know exactly what's going on with Tiger Woods. I think
for any of us, to go out and say, this
is gonna hamper him for the remainder of his career,
I think is a little bit flighty because we just
don't know what impact this injury will have that as,
you know, just like the injuries that he's had in
the past. What I'm wondering about though is he says
he won't come back until he's 100%. Is any athlete
out there ever 100%? I just can't imagine that there's
a point in the near future where Tiger Woods will
be a 100% - will be completely free of injury.
You can go up and down the driving range at
any golf tournament on the PGA Tour, Todd, and I
don't know you'll find 5 guys who are a 100%
right now. -That's a good point as well. And, Tiger
said, a week ago, last Tuesday at the AT&T National,
he is not hitting balls. The only thing he's doing
is [unk] right now. Big news coming out today that
he is indeed not ready for the Open Championship. For
Jason Sobel, I'm Todd Lewis. We thank you for clicking
on the GolfChannel.com. We'll see you.
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