Tiger Woods Tears His ACL

Does anyone know which method Tiger is choosing for the reconstruction of his ACL? My 17 year old son tore his ACL in football and I am reading that the patella tendon reconstruction is the best if he wants to play college ball someday. Any comments or advice?

Tiger already had the surgery, they used tendons from his hamstring.

Yeah know what, I gotta say I like what he did. Because if that is his last tourney what a way to go out. I've been there done that and played through injury when the Docs tell you not to. And you know what its, a a gutsy call, but there's a lot to be said for doing it on your terms and your own way.

I still say Lubchenko's game winning field goal was more impressive.

Yeah Ratiff called Tiger out on Monday saying that he wasn't even hurt and he was faking it. So how do you think he feels now?

Even Manny Stiles had his doubts...

I pitched a one hitter 6 days after tearing ligaments and breaking two bones in my ankle and has numerous adhesion fractures on my tibia (one of my finest moments until I got hit by a pitch while batting - IN THAT ankle (I couldn't jump out of the way). Big whoop. When the adrenaline kicks in, good sense and pain evaporate!

Besides, Tiger WAS getting painkillers and treatment to deal with it AND he wasn't even carrying his own bag... =)

I've had stress fractures in my foot before (from overcompensating from a broken big toe on the opposite foot)... they SUCK. BIG TIME.

If you've ever had shin splints (which are teeny stress fractures) it's like those but unendinging and droning, constant pain. Don't be surprised if his leg injuries result in future back and upper body issues.

I won't put it up there with the guys who survived D-Day tough, but I think a lot of people in the world would grind it out under those conditions when they consider the money and glory that comes with it.

I'm not calling him superhuman, but merely - He did what he needed to do and didn't puss out. But the Philly boy in me would like to see more dirt on his pants and maybe a little blood trickling before I'll call him "tough".

Let's say he's "Golf Tough" - (ranks up there with "Press Box Hot", talking "New York Loud" and playing a little "Poodle Gasol Defense")

one time i saw a pitcher pitch with a torn peroneal retinaculum...turns out the retinaculum was stapled down and bled through his sock... he ended up winning the world series...go figure

And for those who don't know, "Press Box Hot" describes neither females or the buffet. Especially the buffet.

Its amazing what a lock on the training room door and a red sharpie will do, huh, JuT?

Amish Hot Manny?

Yes, 'Amish Hot'.

"Just put some facking deodorant on, sweetie. I promise yyou won't go to hell for it!@!!"

I can pretend not to see the unibrow or jungle armpits, but PLEASE do something about that smell... slap a shoo-fly pie in there or something!

Im calling BS on that piece of crap Schielling. That same injury ended my football career 7 yrs ago, and I played through it in high school and college, that includes 8 yrs of rugby. My point is, what Schielling did wasn't that impressive. The torn tendon don't hurt and the other ones stretch enough so you cant feel it.

I'm calling BS on Schilling too, because it wasn't blood on his sock.

"Press Box Hot" - ugh.

Take the girl that is slightly one notch above "Not That Fugly" and put her ina press box and magically she turns into Miss America. I'm scarred... the way they ogled Jody Jackson was nauseating. She looks like a Toucan, a Hippo and a Pltypus tri-fathered a baby with a pear on steroids.

I'm still sick thinking about the things they muttered...

KD, the D-Backs buffet last year was garbage. The Arizona Fall League had better food than the D-Backs. THAT is saying something!!!

I thought it was funny that the Rays served "Yankee Pot Roast" when the Yankees were in town. But I wasn't going to risk it...

Sportswriters are among the people in the world with the least scrutinizing palattes. Right above homeless bums, Joey Chestnut after a few bong hits and Andrew Zimmern.

If the camera was on him, Schilling was bullshitting.

As much papmpering and personal coddling as he demands there's no way it was authentic...

The Hall of Fame refuses DNA testing to be done on the sock... hmm.

Isn't Jody Jackson married to a jock?

Death row inmates eat better than sportswriters.

The joke at the Hartford Civic Center was the chef's name was Toe Maine.

The Hall of Fame doesn't have the sock. That was another Red Sox Nation/Curt Schilling wet dream.

Jody Jackson is a female? Seriously, she is one notch above "Not that Fugly" and the idiot hornballs were trying to be smooth while being disgusting and crude. It was less than sad.

Pressbox f is beyond horrible. There is a reason every time I go home to cover UVA games, I never eat til after the game when I can meet up at Wild Wings

The thing about the stress fractures is he will be forced to rest them while the ACL is healing. So typically Id agree with you KD about them.

Talk about taking it to the complete extreme of what could happen. Agreed that knee takes a ton of punishment with the way he swings the club. The difference between his swing and that of Duval is the overall talent level. Also a back injury and a knee injury are very different, he can adjust as swing to take pressure off the knee, but when your back is out there is not much you can do to change the way you swing so it doesn't tug and pull on your back

We've seen two great Tiger "slumps": Late 1997 to mid-1999, when he was fine-tuning the swing that won countless amateur titles and one Masters but struggled with consistency and distance control on irons; and 2003 to early 2005, when he was fine-tuning "the swing that won the Slam" into an even more accurate version that would also put less pressure on his knee during the downswing. Now we're going to see a 4th version of Tiger's swing, and there is definitely going to be a period of adjustment, maybe a long one. But if we've learned anything about Tiger, it's that he adapts to swing changes better than any player maybe ever, and who knows? Maybe Tiger v4.0 will be even better than the previous 3 versions.

Somehow I can't see Tiger snap-hooking a tee shot from the 1st tee at St. Andrews onto the 18th fairway...

That's actually true. But he'd never play a water shot in nothing but his boxers.

Though I'm sure the fans would get a kick out of it. I was questioning his consistent wincing after shots during the Open...makes more sense now, what an amazing performance.