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Champi
ons
hi
p, and was named t
he PGA T
our
Pl
ay
er of t
he Year f
or t
he 1
1t
h t
i
me.
Howev
er
, j
us
t as Woods appear
ed pr
i
med t
o
r
es
ume hi
s mar
c
h t
owar
d Ni
c
k
l
aus
'
s r
ec
or
d of
18 maj
or c
hampi
ons
hi
ps
, i
nj
ur
i
es f
l
ar
ed up t
o
der
ai
l
hi
s per
f
or
manc
e. The gol
f
er under
went
bac
k s
ur
ger
y i
n Mar
c
h 2014, and s
t
r
uggl
ed
af
t
er r
et
ur
ni
ng t
o c
ompet
i
t
i
v
e pl
ay
.
The f
ol
l
owi
ng y
ear
, he appear
ed i
n t
wo ear
l
y
t
our
nament
s bef
or
e t
ak
i
ng a br
eak t
o l
et a s
or
e
bac
k heal
and wor
k on hi
s game. Woods
r
et
ur
ned i
n t
i
me t
o t
ee of
f at t
he Mas
t
er
s i
n
Apr
i
l
, f
i
ni
s
hi
ng a s
ol
i
d 5-
under par t
o c
l
ai
m a t
i
e
f
or 17t
h pl
ac
e.
A f
ew week
s l
at
er
, he
announc
ed t
he end of hi
s r
el
at
i
ons
hi
p wi
t
h
Vonn, not
i
ng t
hat t
hei
r "
hec
t
i
c
" s
c
hedul
es k
ept
t
hem f
r
om s
pendi
ng t
i
me t
oget
her
.
howev
er
, a br
eat
h al
c
ohol
t
es
t s
howed no s
i
gns
of al
c
ohol
i
n hi
s s
y
s
t
em. I
n a s
t
at
ement
, Woods
s
ai
d t
hat he had "
an unex
pec
t
ed r
eac
t
i
on t
o
pr
es
c
r
i
bed medi
c
at
i
ons
.
" He al
s
o t
hank
ed t
he
pol
i
c
e f
or t
hei
r pr
of
es
s
i
onal
i
s
m and i
s
s
ued an
apol
ogy
.
"
I woul
d l
i
k
e t
o apol
ogi
z
e wi
t
h al
l
my hear
t t
o
my f
ami
l
y
, f
r
i
ends and t
he f
ans
,
" he s
ai
d i
n t
he
s
t
at
ement
. "
I ex
pec
t mor
e f
r
om my
s
el
f t
oo.
"
I
n J
une 2017, Woods r
epor
t
edl
y c
hec
k
ed i
nt
o a
c
l
i
ni
c t
o r
ec
ei
v
e pr
of
es
s
i
onal
hel
p t
o manage
medi
c
at
i
on i
nt
ak
e f
or pai
n and a s
l
eep di
s
or
der
.
I
n l
at
e Oc
t
ober
, he pl
eaded gui
l
t
y t
o a r
ec
k
l
es
s
dr
i
v
i
ng c
har
ge f
or t
he May i
nc
i
dent and ent
er a
pr
ogr
am f
or f
i
r
s
t
-
t
i
me of
f
ender
s t
o av
oi
d a
c
onv
i
c
t
i
on f
or dr
i
v
i
ng under t
he i
nf
l
uenc
e.
On Oc
t
ober 30, Woods f
i
nal
l
y made news agai
n
f
or r
eas
ons r
el
at
ed t
o hi
s pr
of
es
s
i
on,
announc
i
ng t
hat he woul
d r
et
ur
n t
o c
ompet
i
t
i
v
e
gol
f f
or t
he s
t
ar
t of hi
s per
s
onal
t
our
nament
, t
he
Her
o Wor
l
d Chal
l
enge, at t
he end of Nov
ember
.
Ti
ge
r Woods f
i
ni
s
he
d -8
unde
r par t
o c
ompl
e
t
e
hi
s f
i
rs
t PGA Tour
Tourname
nt s
i
nc
e hi
s
r
e
t
urn t
o gol
f
. Fi
ni
s
hi
ng
t
he t
ourname
nt T9 wi
t
h
Mat
t Kuc
har
.
The gol
f
i
ng l
egend c
ont
i
nued t
o ex
per
i
enc
e
ups and downs i
n hi
s pr
of
es
s
i
onal
and
per
s
onal
l
i
f
e. He s
uf
f
er
ed f
r
om bac
k i
nj
ur
i
es i
n
t
he ens
ui
ng y
ear
s and under
went hi
s f
our
t
h
bac
k s
ur
ger
y i
n Apr
i
l
2017.
h l
at
er
, pol
i
c
e f
ound Woods s
l
eepi
ng i
n
A mont
hi
s c
ar
, whi
c
h was r
unni
ng and had i
t
s br
ak
e
l
i
ght
s and bl
i
nk
er
s on, at t
he s
i
de of t
he r
oad
near hi
s Fl
or
i
da home. He was ar
r
es
t
ed f
or
s
us
pi
c
i
on of dr
i
v
i
ng under t
he i
nf
l
uenc
e,