Tiger Woods never ceases to amaze the golf community.
The former No. 1 player in the world gave the sport the best news he's given in years when he announced his was skipping this year's Masters, according to Forbes. That means Woods intends to continue playing for a long time.
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"Tiger Woods will be back," Forbes contributor Erik Matuszewski writes.
"Just not at this year's Masters Tournament, at least as a player. And that's a good thing. It's yet another sign he's finally focusing on the long haul instead of the short term.
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"...The now 40-year-old Woods is more realistic. He seems to recognize that rushing back isn't the answer, that the aggressive approach he's taken in the past has robbed him of a big chunk of his career. Woods acknowledged as much last month, saying he cost himself years by playing through situations where he should have simply taken time off."
Woods his famous for his extreme training regimen, and was reported to have adopted a Navy SEALs-type routine, although official Navy SEALs spokesmen denied that he trained with them.
But in 2014, Woods also admitted that he didn't listen to his body when he was hurting, and that affected his health.
"I remember all the early years on tour when I used to run 30 miles a week and just push it, no matter how hurt I was," Woods said, according to Ohio.com. "I would go out there, still logging all the miles and do all the different things and still play tournament golf.
"I was winning, but I didn't realize how much damage I was doing to my body. Now I have to pick my spots when I can and can't push. Now I've got to listen to my therapist and get treatment. When I was younger, I didn't need it. So my knee ached a little bit, 'So what? I'll just run more miles and it will magically go away, just get the endorphins going.' That's no longer the case. Listening to my body, that's one thing I have learned stubbornly over the years."
If he learned it, he still didn't follow it, trying to play through the pain until August of last year when hip pain at the Wyndham Championship forced him to visit his doctor, where he found out he had to have a second microfracture surgery to repair a pinched nerve in his back.
It appears, Woods has finally learned, via his announcement that he's not playing in the Masters.
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