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Tiger Woods’ Injury and Rory McIlroy’s Insights
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| Introduction | After the injury and operation of the Achilles tendon suffered by Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy expressed his pessimism on a return of the American legend. Asked at a press conference on the sidelines of the 35-year-old North-Irish Players also spoke of his future and his future in the golf world. |
| Author | Hugo DERVISSOGLOU |
| Tiger Woods’ Injury Impact | The injury suffered by Tiger Woods in training lets fear for the rest of the Corecordon career in the number of titles on the PGA Tour. Asked at a press conference, on the eve of the first round of the Players Championship, Rory McIlroy was pessimistic. |
| McIlroy’s Pessimism | “It sucks. He is unlucky with injuries and his body. Obviously, he was trying to go up a gear to be ready for the Masters of Augusta. It is clear that we will not see him play this year. Perhaps in 2026.” |
| Tiger Woods’ Future | Tiger Woods will be 50 years old on December 30 and has not played an official tournament since The Open 2024 and a missed cut. To the question of whether the tiger will come back from this new physical disappointment, McIlroy preferred to kick in touch: “This is a question for him, not for me but he will try to come back, I know because he has already done it even if I don’t know what he has in mind.” |
| McIlroy’s Comfort Message | The world n ° 2 took the opportunity to send a comfort message to his friend, already bereaved by The death on February 4 of his mother, Kultida. |
| Paul McGinley’s Opinion | A shared opinion on the set of Golf Channel by the Irish consultant, Paul McGinley: “It is not a simple injury, it is an injury, after an injury, after an injury…” |
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| McIlroy on PGA Tour Champions | Rory McIlroy also mentioned the rest of his career. And he does not seem in a hurry to join Padraig Harrington on PGA Tour Champions in fifteen years. |
| McIlroy’s Career Reflection | “I look at other sports and I see that I am very lucky. I passed pro in 2007, at 18. Few athletes can have such long careers and I only have 35. I would like to leave with a little more petrol in the engine.” |
| McIlroy’s Future Plans | The question of a reporter, on the possibility of joining the senior circuit over 50, “If he still had fire” he dismissed this possibility: “Surely not, I don’t plan to play the Champions Tour, it would be terrible if I had to do golf competition at 50.” |
| Photo Credit | Photo: CHRISTIAN PETERSEN / AFP |