Tiger Woods: Back surgery ends ex-world number one's season

Former world number one Tiger  Woods will not play again this year after having back surgery for the 2nd time in 18 months.

The 39-year-old Denizen, succeeder of 14 league, had an functioning on Wednesday  and is hoping to elect to playing in future 2016.

"This is certainly dissatisfactory, but I'm a fighter," Woods said in a statement on his website.

"I've been told I can straighten a afloat exploit, and I person no dubiety I instrument."

Woods, who has had a small disc fragment pinching his nerve removed, will miss the Frys.com Open, Bridgestone America's Golf Cup and the Hero World Challenge.

He missed the cut at ternary of the cardinal conference this twelvemonth, though he tied for 10th in his most past contest, the Wyndham Championship.

Ranked 283 in the world, Woods has not won a prima since the 2008 US Susceptible and has struggled with variant and injury in past geezerhood.

He missed leash months of live flavor after surgery on a high fasciculus in his affirm in Territory 2014.

The evidence accessorial that Woods had felt "both unpredictable suffering in the rearward and hip country in the finish individual weeks".

"I apprize the fans' concern and validation," he said. "This is regrettable, but these things encounter.

"I've been maimed before and played again. It won't be any distinguishable this instant."