Tiger Woods Injury Update: Latest Reports Before Memorial Tournament 2014

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Published: May 29, 2014

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Tiger Woods is still in the process of recovering from back surgery and hasn't teed it up in competition since the WGC-Cadillac Championship. He won't be in the 2014 Memorial Tournament field, and according to ESPN's Bob Harig, Woods reached out to tournament host Jack Nicklaus before play began:



Wednesday also saw Woods declare himself out of action for the U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2 beginning on June 12. Mark Soltau of TigerWoods.com reported on the expected development and recorded what Woods had to say about missing the season's second major:

Unfortunately, I won't be there because I'm not yet physically able to play competitive golf. I'd like to convey my regrets to the USGA leadership, the volunteers and the fans that I won't be at Pinehurst. The U.S. Open is very important to me, and I know it's going to be a great week. Despite missing the first two majors, and several other important tournaments, I remain very optimistic about this year and my future.

The United States Golf Association sent its best wishes to Woods upon learning of the official announcement:



Woods must be especially disappointed that he is unable to return to the venue considering how well he has played there in the past, per Golf Channel's Jason Sobel:



This marks the second straight major Woods has missed, as he was unable to start at the Masters in April. ESPN Stats & Info brought up a relevant trend with regard to Woods' pursuit of Nicklaus' 18 major titles following Wednesday's news:



Nicklaus recently commented on Woods' injury and the active legend's pursuit of the Golden Bear's gold-standard achievement, per USA Today's Reid Cherner:

We did not do physical training like they do today. The more you see guys build themselves up, the more they seem to get injured. We played and tried to stay relaxed. Use what God gave us as a body. Even foo...
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