Tiger Woods season is over
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A friend of mine had his ACL replaced back in the late 80's, it broke again, he had it replaced again, it broke again. He's been without an ACL since 1996 and you would never know. He still walks and runs, plays golf, does just about anything he wants to do.
I had mine replaced in 2004, a cadaver donor ACL, never another problem. I run, play soccer, ride my bike 150 miles per week, no ill effects whatsoever.
My guess is Tiger will be back to playing practice golf in three or four months, and if all goes well, back to competitive golf in 6 months or less.
I had mine replaced in 2004, a cadaver donor ACL, never another problem. I run, play soccer, ride my bike 150 miles per week, no ill effects whatsoever.
My guess is Tiger will be back to playing practice golf in three or four months, and if all goes well, back to competitive golf in 6 months or less.
Last edited by Ford#1; Jun 18, 2008 at 10:21 PM.
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I recall when Tiger broke onto the scene fresh out of college the sports commentators dissected his swing. They pointed out the massive amount of torsion and kinetic energy that he builds on the backswing and the extreme reversed C on his follow through. They said that this was a young golfer's swing because years of swinging like this breaks down the body and forces golfer's out of the game.
This will be Tiger's 3rd procedure on his left knee on 5 years, the 2nd in the past 2 months.
This will be Tiger's 3rd procedure on his left knee on 5 years, the 2nd in the past 2 months.
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I guess it is different for everyone, but with me I had a Patellar for my first and a Cadaver for my second and the both failed. I as well with no acl played golf, ran and everything else, but in the long run it hurt me because I am now bone on bone and I now need a full knee replacement. I am still in my 30's so I have to wait awhile to do it. You friend may think he is fine now, but in ten years he is going to start to feel the pain when his knee cartilage disappears and his knee becomes bone on bone. It will happen eventually, it took me about 15 years with no acl to go bone on bone and it hurts like hell..
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This could change his game a bit. You never know how he is going to recover from this..I have had my ACL repaired twice and I know myself, I use a golf cart on every round I play anymore. Just too much pain to walk the course anymore..He will not have the option of a cart.
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Was that you at the table over by the bar? Honest, we weren't in there more than an hour..... two beers, honest! I did tweak my knee a bit getting up to go to the Men's room.