Good news for the PGA as Tiger Woods has announced that he will be playing in the Tournament. Many have been wondering if he will be showing up to the games as recently, he had to withdraw from the final round of the Bridgestone Invitational because he was feeling pan on his back.
But Woods said that all is well. The injury happened when tried to play a shot from just above a deep bunker on the second hole at Firestone, and his momentum caused him to land hard in the sand. He said "When I landed on the bunker, my sacrum went out. So it pinched the nerve and hence the spasm. My physio put it back in and we've just been treating it. My physio is here. If it does go out [again], he is able to fix it."
He added "The treatments have been fantastic. Once he put it back in, the spasms went away, and from there I started getting some range of motion. It was a different pain than what I had been experiencing, so I knew it wasn't the site of the surgery. It was different and obviously it was just the sacrum. I feel good. Once the bone is put back in, it's all good. The inflammation has been down, I've had range of motion. I have got my speed, my power and I just need to obviously keep moving."
Woods has brought along his physiotherapist this week just in case.
Woods decision to play at Valhalla was made only last Tuesday. He was granted an extension to the standard registration.
Woods said "My range of motion was good. My firing sequence was back to normal, the sequencing was good. If my sequencing is good then it's all good. I was doing some video work, trying to make sure that my swing was where I wanted it."
Woods is excited to back to the Valhalla after winning it 14 years ago saying "The fans are enthusiastic, they're loud. It's a totally different course than what I played in 2000. These greens are all different. I have my course book from 2000; it's useless. There's some new things that we have to learn out there. Joey has been here on the ground. He's got a pretty good handle on it. We'll run through some more of it as we go."
