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The Golf Central crew reacts to Tiger Woods’ Genesis Invitational withdrawal, calling it a “small bump in the road” because it wasn’t due to physical injury but questioning whether he can still win on the PGA Tour. #GolfChannel #PGATour #TigerWoods
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tigers’s very last shot of the 2024 genisis Invitational shortly after we would see him be swept off in a golf cart and that would be the end for Tiger not exactly how we saw this second round unfolding for the 15 time major Champion said he was out here this week to win that’s why he competes he wins but you can see there Bren head in the hands he’s not in a good place no I I I hat it for Tiger I hat it for the sponsors I hat it for the tournament and I hate it for all the people that have finally got to see him play you know this is first uh first PGA event since the 2023 Masters so yeah you know it’s really really tough um if there is any kind of Silver Lining at least it wasn’t the back it wasn’t the anle yeah we’ll get to that in just a second we did have a bit of a statement from the EVP of the tgr ventures Rob um mcnamer he said well he started feeling some flu like symptoms last night woke up this morning they were worse than the night previous he had a little bit of a fever and that was better during the warm up but then when he got out there and was walking and playing he started feeling dizzy ultimately the doctors are saying he’s got some potentially some type of flu and that he was dehydrated he’s been treated with an IV bag and he’s doing much much better and he’ll be released on his own here soon not physical at all as you say his back is fine it was all medical illness dehydration which is now the symptoms are reversing the El now that he’s had an IV so with everything that we know Brendan this is just a really unfortunate circumstance as the wi Tigers tournament has come to an end but as you say the Silver Lining is it feels like it’s not back related it’s not injury related and and that was my first reaction I thought oh no it’s his back or or it’s his ankle um nice to hear obviously not nice for Tiger he’s dealing with an illness but nice to hear that that was the cause of him not being able to play anymore this week yeah it’s difficult because you know when you are feeling not quite yourself out on the golf course and especially in Tiger situation where every day is a bit of a physical struggle within itself he never quite knows what he’s going to get but when you’re not physically feeling at top energy you will naturally see that sort of domino effect into the way that we saw him swinging today oh very much so you know when you when you’re feeling under the weather your body’s not moving in the same way and we saw those swings there a little bit further on in his round four five six there was just no lower body nothing was synced up there was no timing and that can often be the case when you’re feeling a little bit under the weather for Tiger how much of a hiccup do you think this will be just in terms of trying to find momentum you know he said that he wants to tear it up at least once a month that’s what we’re hoping to see and and I’m sure he was looking forward to embracing the weekend in front of the crowds and this is a place that he loves so very much I think it’s a small bump in the road I really do I I don’t think that this is going to be a big a big story moving forward at all I think it’s a a minor bump um I I look forward to him hopefully teing it up somewhere in uh in Florida pretty soon I I obviously we don’t know for sure but would love to see him maybe at the Players um but yeah to answer your question I think just a very minor bump in the road and in terms of what we’re expecting to see now over the weekend at the Genesis it’s one of the strongest Fields we’ve had all year 23 of the top 25 players teed off on Thursday morning but now we won’t have tiger inside the ropes well K of an effect we saw how much he moves the needle and how much the crowds were just adoring seeing him out here over the last couple of days will it have a bit of a deflated feel over the weekend it will slightly uh you know people were obviously very excited to watch tiger play this week um but I think once the kind of the dust settles from this there’s still a wonderful field out there a lot of big names and contention and a lot of guys that are playing some very very good golf so I think we’re still going to have some wonderful crowds and a great atmosphere this weekend yeah we’re not struggling with a strong leaderboard that’s for sure all right well let’s go out to Riviera Country Club because that is where we have had our team all afternoon with their eyes on the scene this afternoon watching it all unfold live you’ve got our reporter Kira k Dixon and Aaron obosa who was following Tigers group in coverage this afternoon guys good to see you just take us through what you saw and what you learned about tigers withdrawal today Yeah Anna both Aaron and I were down on the Range watching the warmup and Aaron you were also out with their group so o overall what were your takeaways from your observation of tiger today I I thought on the Range he looked just slightly more labor than he did the day prior uh when he went and played he looked a little Freer the day before the swing looked okay today but I thought the movement was a little bit more deliberate was a little bit slower uh definitely a little bit more labored but I will say that when he got to the first te I didn’t think anything of it I’m just thinking okay well you know he’s going to have to work into this it’s been a while since he’s played uh and then when I got out to his group at number four S hit a shot didn’t hit a very good shot on four made bogey on four then he got to the fifth T and this is where it kind of concerned me uh as we were waiting to they were waiting to come to us for t- shots he was he was literally bent over like this on like a stand on five and it he looked in a lot of discomfort what kind of discomfort I have no idea but he definitely looked in in a in a tremendous amount of discomfort hit the t-shot hit the second shot played up six and then I saw uh PJ tour security just kind of rally around Tigers people and they were talking and Rich beam and I out there following his group together we kind of what’s this all about and Rich was like I have no idea and that’s when he hit the t-shot and then immediately the cart came out uh they picked him up and they took him in and I had no idea at that point they came down to me and I had no idea at that point why he was withdrawing but uh you know it’s never a good thing when you hop in a card as a player that’s usually means a wd yeah it’s certainly not a good sign I was actually standing up here uh by plager dining when I saw Tiger’s cart pull up he got off the cart and just marched straight into player dining and then there is this moment of question of what’s Happening Happ next and a bunch of media members went to the far side of the clubhouse and at that point we saw two fir trucks in an ambulance pull up so then we’re thinking okay this is maybe getting it was you know very dramatic scary very scary you know is something uh really bad happening U they had ended up pulling that ambulance all the way up to a side door and uh there was no movement for a while and they ended up bringing uh you know the device that you would put somebody in a gurnie there we go thank you for the work uh back into back into the ambulance without anybody on it um they they didn’t give any details as to why or who they were waiting for and then they they left um and it we went back to the side door where um the men’s locker room is and tiger ended up walking out on his own uh got into his car with his caddy Lance Bennett Rob McNary was on his team and a security personnel and they drove away uh but it was certainly uh very concerning there for for a little bit but then we got the statement that you know he is in fact going to be okay that he had flu like symptoms was treated with the IV and seems like um things were going much better but just in terms of his game Aaron from what the limited things that you were able to see before things uh got to the point where you described them what were your takeaways overall I I thought I think his game is is going to be trending for where he is right now I think we all have to be realistic about where he is from a body standpoint um I think we need to understand that he’s only played you know one and not even one and a half tournaments uh since last since the beginning of last year and I think that we have to be realistic about where he is right now and not saying that he can’t do something on the PGA tour anymore cuz he certainly can what I saw he’s got still got plenty of speed it’s just a matter of can he get his his body to go a full 18 holes four days in a row and walk these golf courses and and be there when it counts and that that’s the biggest question mark and until I see full four full rounds out of tiger I I I I sit here and I have to wonder you know can he can he still win on the PGA tour well eron we appreciate your insights as always and best wishes to tiger for speedy recovery okay thank you guys great reporting good to know exactly what you saw unfold on site there and uh the question marks continue over Tiger Woods and his future on the PGA tour let’s just remind ourselves of his recent results now you can see three withdrawal ruls dating back to the 2022 PGA Championship where he had to with dra after the third round he missed the cut at the open did tie for 45th at this event just last year and uh finished well third to last at the Hero World Challenge so we are yet to see some really positive momentum for Tiger Woods inside the Rope