Tiger Woods has earned the right to do what he wants with his life, even if it requires one back surgery after another.

Woods had a sixth back procedure last week, a reminder that he's struggling with more than just the leg injuries sustained in his 2021 car crash.

Tiger Woods announced Friday that he underwent a successful microdecrompression surgery in his lower back to alleviate spasms which hindered him in 2024. This marks Woods' sixth back procedure and his first since early 2021 when he had a microdisectomy to remove a pressurized disc fragment that caused nerve pain.

Tiger Woods has undergone another surgery, this time for his lower back. Woods’ social-media accounts announced that the 15-time major winner visited the Hospital for Special Surgery in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Friday for a microdecompression surgery of the lumbar spine for nerve impingement.

Another back operation, the sixth of his career and the first since 2021, for Tiger Woods. The Californian champion underwent a new surgery due to a lesion in the lower back. "Everything went well and I hope that this operation will help me relieve the pain felt in these months.

Tiger Woods underwent successful back surgery, he announced on Friday, after repeated back spasms and pain contributed to his injury-marred season.

Woods has struggled for fitness throughout the last few years, having suffered serious leg injuries in a car crash in 2021