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Like father, like son! Tiger Woods revealed on Friday, Dec. 16 that though each he and his son, 13-year-old Charlie Woods, have foot and ankle accidents, their primary focus is to get out on the golf course collectively and have a blast on the PNC Championship in Orlando, Fla. over the weekend. “You know, I don’t really care about that,” Tiger, 46, stated of the prospect that he’s delaying his restoration by taking part in within the event. “I think being there with and alongside my son is far more important, and [getting] to have a chance to have this experience with him is far better than my foot being a little creaky.”
Both Tiger and Charlie have been on the golf course earlier within the day on the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club and have been each noticeably limping. As followers know, Tiger remains to be recovering from the scary automotive accident he obtained into in early 2021, from which he suffered extreme fractures in his decrease proper leg and ankle that required surgical procedure. He is at present coping with swelling in his proper foot, or plantar fasciitis, which, in accordance with the Mayo Clinic, is “one of the most common causes of heel pain.” His ache was so extreme final month that he pulled out of the Hero World Challenge, an occasion his basis hosts. The occasion happened in Albany, Bahamas between Nov. 28 and Dec. 4.
Meanwhile, Charlie, who made his nationwide TV debut alongside his father on the 2020 PNC Championship, is affected by a sprained ankle.
“Any time I get a chance to spend time with my son, it’s always special,” Tiger continued throughout his chat with the press. “And to do it in a competitive forum, the last couple of years have been magical, and to be able to do it again, we’re looking forward to it.”
Speaking extra deeply about his ongoing restoration, Tiger stated that “it’s been a lot harder than people probably imagine.” He continued, “There’s some of the players who are very close to me know what I’ve kind of gone through, and they’re the ones that keep encouraging me to back off a little bit.”
Despite his buddies’ encouragement to decelerate, Tiger stated that received’t be occurring. “But that’s not really in my nature. My nature is trying to get better, and I have,” he defined. “And through work ethic, I was able to play and compete in three major championships this year.” Tiger competed on the Masters Tournament in April and the one hundred and fiftieth Open in July. He withdrew from the PGA Championship after three rounds in May.
Luckily, Tiger is allowed to make use of a golf cart on the PNC Championship — one thing that might have doubtlessly been a make-or-break deal for him. “Yeah, I can hit golf balls,” Tiger stated on the Hero World Challenge, wanting forward on the PNC Chamionship, per Golf.com. “It’s the walking that just hurts. So that’s just a — something that — when you’ve got plantar fasciitis, the only thing you can do is rest and try and stretch that out as best as possible, but it’s rest.”
“So this will be a tough week. The Father-Son will be a very easy week,” he stated with positivity. “Charlie will just hit all the shots and I’ll just get the putts out of the hole, so pretty easy there. But other than that, in the match we’re playing in, we’re flying in carts.”