Fifteen-times major champion Tiger Woods (47) has undergone fusion surgery on a bone in his ankle, he said on Wednesday, 10 days after he withdrew from the Masters due to injury.
The operation was performed to address his post-traumatic arthritis from a previous talus bone fracture, Woods said in a statement posted on Twitter.
"Tiger is currently recovering and looks forward to beginning his rehabilitation," the statement said.
Woods has been playing a limited schedule on a rebuilt leg following a 2021 car crash and pulled out of the year's first major after reaggravating a tissue inflammation that makes it difficult for him to walk.
The year's second major, the PGA Championship, takes place next month in Rochester, New York.