Tiger Woods to have season-ending
surgery to sort out knee problem

FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
Tiger Woods is to have season-ending surgery on his troublesome knee, the world number one golfer confirmed today.
Woods is to undergo reconstructive surgery on the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee, and will then require further time off to rehabilitate a fracture of the left tibia in his leg.
"I know much was made of my knee throughout the last week, and it was important to me that I disclose my condition publicly at an appropriate time," Woods said in a statement.
"I wanted to be very respectful of the USGA and their incredibly hard work, and make sure the focus was on the US Open," he added. "Now, it is clear that the right thing to do is to listen to my doctors, follow through with this surgery, and focus my attention on rehabilitating my knee."
“Everyone in sport will be shocked and saddened by this news. We at The European Tour wish Tiger a swift and full recovery and look forward to making him welcome when he is fit to return to the fairways of the world,” said George Grady, chief executive of the European Tour.
Paul Casey has heard a chilling story that might make Retief Goosen think again about questioning whether Tiger Woods really was in serious agony as he won the US Open.
Goosen insisted he was being light-hearted when he told German TV ahead of Thursday's BMW International Open in Munich: "It just seemed that when he hit a bad shot he was in pain and on his good shots he wasn't. I believe if he was really injured he would not have played."
Casey, however, said that he spoke to Robert Karlsson's caddie Gareth Lord the day after the Swede partnered Woods at Torrey Pines, and said: "He said there were actually noises coming from Tiger's knee and he was right there and clearly he was suffering."
He added: "Noises from the knee doesn't sound particularly good to me. He said there was a moment, I think on the 18th, where he stepped up to hit his tee shot and backed off because of weird noises.