Tiger Woods was forced to withdraw from Sunday’s final round of the World Golf Championships-Cadillac Championship in Doral, Florida, after suffering an injury to his left leg.
Woods, grimacing after hitting his tee shot on the 12th hole, left the tournament just a day after telling reporters that his injury-plagued body “feels great.”
The American golf star’s participation in the opening major of 2012, April’s Masters at Augusta, is now in doubt.
“I felt tightness in my left Achilles (tendon) warming up this morning, and it continued to get progressively worse,” Woods said in a statement on his website. “After hitting my tee shot at 12, I decided it was necessary to withdraw. In the past, I may have tried to continue to play, but this time, I decided to do what I thought was necessary.”
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