LOS ANGELES — Tiger Woods withdrew from the second spherical of the Genesis Invitational on Friday due to an sickness Woods later confirmed to be influenza.
Woods pulled out of the match after hitting his tee shot on the seventh gap at Riviera Nation Membership. He was taken off the course in a golf cart pushed by a match official. At one level, Woods put his head in his palms in frustration.
In a social media put up Saturday, Woods mentioned that he’s “resting and feeling higher.”
I want to verify that I needed to withdraw from @thegenesisinv as a consequence of sickness, which we now know is influenza. I’m resting and feeling higher. Good luck to the gamers this weekend. I am disillusioned to not be there and wish to thank @GenesisUSA and all of the followers for the…
— Tiger Woods (@TigerWoods) February 17, 2024
Rob McNamara, Woods’ good buddy and the chief vp of TGR Ventures, mentioned in an announcement that Woods started struggling flu-like signs Thursday night time. On Friday morning, they had been worse. He was handled by physicians at Riviera.
“He had a bit little bit of a fever, and that was higher in the course of the warmup,” McNamara mentioned. “However then when he received on the market and was strolling and enjoying, he began feeling dizzy. In the end, the medical doctors are saying he is received doubtlessly some sort of flu and that he was dehydrated. He is been handled with an IV bag and he is doing a lot, significantly better.”
McNamara mentioned Woods’ again, which he had struggled with in Thursday’s opening spherical, was “high quality.”
“It was all medical sickness, dehydration, which is now the signs are reversing themselves now that he is had an IV,” McNamara mentioned.
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After Woods was carted off the course, two fireplace vans and an ambulance from the Pacific Palisades Fireplace Division arrived at Riviera simply earlier than 2 p.m. PT after a 911 name was made as a result of no IVs had been obtainable on website, sources informed ESPN. First responders spent greater than half-hour inside earlier than exiting and leaving the property.
At 3:43 p.m. PT, Woods exited the lads’s locker room at Riviera, promptly entered a automobile pushed by his safety guard and left the grounds.
Woods battled again spasms in Thursday’s opening spherical and gave the impression to be having points along with his again once more Friday. The 15-time main champion has undergone 5 again surgical procedures throughout his profession.
Woods was making his first begin in an official PGA Tour occasion since he withdrew from the rain-delayed third spherical on the Masters in April. He was 1 over after six holes within the second spherical Thursday and a couple of over for the match. The minimize ended up being 1 over.
It was a disappointing outcome for Woods, who was enjoying in his first official PGA Tour occasion in additional than 10 months, one which he hosts and one which advantages his basis. As Woods, 48, neared the top of the entrance 9, a pair hundred followers had been ready for him on the ninth inexperienced. He by no means arrived. After information broke that Woods had withdrawn, followers began heading towards the exits.
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Gary Woodland mentioned Woods “did not look proper” earlier than the group even teed off Friday.
“Clearly he wasn’t himself,” mentioned Woodland, who was paired with Woods and Justin Thomas for the opening two rounds. “It sucks. All the pieces is best with him there. For him, first match again, and he could not end the way in which he needed to. That sucks for all of us.”
Woodland described Woods as quieter than regular in the course of the second spherical, even on a day when all three gamers within the group had been making an attempt to make the minimize.
“He was positively making an attempt to battle by it,” Woodland mentioned. “I hope he is all proper.”
The 39-year-old Woodland, who’s returning to type after present process surgical procedure to deal with a mind lesion in September, obtained a sponsor’s exemption from Woods for this yr’s match.
“I would not be right here if it wasn’t for him,” Woodland mentioned. “I hope he will get again. His sport regarded proper. His placing was good, velocity is up for certain. So his sport’s going to be in a great spot.”
It was an all-too-familiar feeling for Woods. Since returning to skilled golf after he suffered critical accidents in a automobile wreck outdoors Los Angeles in February 2021, Woods has withdrawn or missed the minimize in 4 of his six begins. His two finishes had been a tie for forty fifth within the 2023 Genesis Invitational and a solo forty seventh within the 2022 Masters.
“My ankle would not damage anymore as a result of no bones are rubbing anymore,” Woods mentioned Wednesday. “However then once more, it is totally different. Different components of my physique should take the brunt of it. Identical to my again is fused so different components of my physique have taken the brunt of that. I’ve two totally different physique components that are actually fused. Yeah, different components of the physique should adapt.”
Friday marked the primary time he is pulled out of a match earlier than finishing 36 holes for the reason that 2019 Northern Belief. It is solely the fourth time in his profession that he did not full a minimum of two rounds in a match.
On Thursday, Woods mentioned he hoped to play a minimum of one match a month if his physique would enable it. The Genesis would presumably be adopted by the Gamers Championship in March, Masters in April, PGA Championship in Could, U.S. Open in June and The Open in Scotland in July.
ESPN’s Paolo Uggetti contributed to this report.
