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Tiger Woods, the 15th major champion, Skip the US Open To prepare for the 150th installment payment for next week’s opening, a tournament of special significance to legendary golfers last month.
Woods told reporters at a press conference at JP McManus Pro-Am on Tuesday in Ireland, citing problems with his leg injured in a car accident in February 2021.
“I was planning to play the US Open, but I couldn’t physically do that.” Woods said via ESPN.. “I couldn’t have done that physically. There’s no reason to do that because I had a foot problem and this tournament was in jeopardy.”
Woods returned to the Masters in April for the first high-level PGA Tour tournament since the car accident. He overcame the expected pain and made a cut at Augusta National, finishing Tournament 13 with a par or better.
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He later Withdraw from the PGA Championship After struggling in the third round in May, he recorded the worst score ever in the PGA Championship, 79.
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“This is a pretty historic open we plan to play,” Woods said on Tuesday. “I was lucky to be part of the past champions who won here and I want to play again. I can still play high but I don’t know when they will come back. Level. At least one more time at high level. I want to be able to do it. “
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British Open will tee off It will be performed on July 14th in St Andrews, Scotland.