Tiger Woods to miss Quicken Loans National to continue treatments
Tuesday 27 June 2017 16:42, UK
Tiger Woods will miss this week's Quicken Loans National, skipping his usual host role while continuing treatments to manage pain medications after an impaired driving arrest last month, tournament officials said on Monday.
The former world number one, whose charity foundation stages the event, was arrested on May 29 near his Florida home for impaired driving. A breathalyser test showed no sign of alcohol but a police video showed Woods struggling to answer questions.
Woods later said he did not realise how prescription drugs might interact and last week said he had sought treatment to cope with medications to ease back pain and sleep issues.
"I'm currently receiving professional help to manage my medications and the ways that I deal with back pain and a sleep disorder," Woods tweeted.
Tournament officials confirmed that Woods, 41, would not attend the National due to ongoing treatment. The 14-time major winner will be updated about the event during the week.
Woods has only played the tournament twice since 2012 because of injuries and was not slated to be in the field this year.
In April, Woods announced he had undergone his fourth back operation since 2014 to ease back and leg pain and would miss the remainder of the season.
Woods made his comeback last December in the Bahamas but has played only twice this year, missing the cut at Torrey Pines and withdrawing from a European Tour event in Dubai last February.
Woods, whose 79 career PGA wins are three shy of Sam Snead's all-time record, has not won a major title since the 2008 US Open and has not won any event since the 2013 World Golf Championships Bridgestone Invitational.
