Tiger Woods to Have ACL Surgery

Sure appears Tiger Woods was more injured that he let on or perhaps injured himself further during his U.S. Open triumph.

Tiger Woods has decided to have surgery on his left knee, which will end his 2008 season.

Woods said on his Web site that he will have surgery on his anterior cruciate ligament. He also wrote that he needs time to rehabilitate a double stress fracture of his left tibia, which he said was discovered just before the Memorial Tournament in late May.

And he revealed that he originally ruptured the ACL in 2007 while running at his home in Orlando after the British Open. He said he decided not to have surgery at that point, and he went on to win five of the next six events he entered (through his Target World Challenge in December).

Woods said no date has been determined for the surgery.

While Woods is still a young man, he's been playing competitively for over 20 years. The grind is taking its toll and I would expect him to lighten his tournament appearances drastically once he's back in action. He's still the best player on the planet and there's no reason to think he won't shatter Jack Nicklaus' majors mark within several years even if he strictly played majors and a handful of other tournaments.