BACK INJURY EXPLAINS FIVE-OVER-PAR FIGURES FOR 12 HOLES

TIGER WOODS RETIRES HURT DURING

FINAL ROUND OF HONDA CLASSIC

World No 1 Tiger Woods retired injured during the final round of the Honda Classic in Florida today.

Woods walked off the course at PGA National after playing the opening 12 holes of his round in five-over-par, to sit level-par for the tournament. It was subsequently announced that Woods had told US PGA Tour officials that a back injury was the reason for his withdrawal.
Having shot a 65 on Saturday to get himself up into the top 20 at five-under for the event, Woods struggled right from the start of his final round.
He dropped five shots over the course of his first six holes, including a double-bogey at the par-five third hole, before making his only birdie of the day at the seventh.
But a further bogey would follow at the ninth as he hit the turn in 40 strokes and, after making three straight pars to start the back nine, he decided to call it quits on the 13th green.