Doctors Concede Tiger Woods “Probably didn’t need that bionic knee we gave him”

June 17, 2008

Tiger Woods US Open

(Torrey Pines, CA) - Tiger Woods has made a career of doing the incredible - and making it look easy. Yesterday, he won the U.S. Open, his third, after a 19-hole playoff. That, alone, was not incredible. Afterall, everyone knows Tiger is a fierce competitor. What is incredible is that he was able to do this in his first tournament - indeed his first few rounds of golf - since knee surgery just weeks ago. As Tiger winced and limped around the course, his performance was reminiscent of Willis Reed for the New York Knicks many years ago.

But the doctors who performed Tiger’s knee surgery have admitted that maybe he doesn’t deserve all of the credit. Read more