Tiger Woods, citing his physique's want "to get stronger," introduced on Tuesday that he won't play in subsequent week's U.S. Open at Brookline, Mass.
"I beforehand knowledgeable the USGA that I can't be competing within the US Open as my physique wants extra time to get stronger for main championship golf," Woods wrote on Twitter. "I do hope and plan to be able to play in Eire on the JP Professional Am and at The Open subsequent month. I am excited to get again on the market quickly!"
Woods withdrew from final month's PGA Championship at Southern Hills after three rounds. It marked the primary withdrawal from a significant in Woods' profession.
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Woods, 46, shot 1-under-par over the ultimate 5 holes within the third spherical in Tulsa, Okla., to keep away from recording a rating within the 80s for the third time in a significant. Nonetheless, it was his worst spherical ever at a PGA Championship.
Woods clearly struggled to make it by means of 18 holes on his rebuilt proper leg, the results of a devastating harm sustained in a single-car crash in February 2021.
The Open Championship might be performed July 14-17 at St. Andrews in Scotland.
