Here We Go Again...

This is not good...

I mean come on...he committed to three events in four weeks on two different continents.

Surely this is a joke right?

He told us he was pain-free.

He told us he wouldn't come back until he felt he could win.

Now this?

After opening with a birdie-less +5 77 in Dubai on Thursday (or late Wednesday night our time,)
Tiger Woods withdrew from the Dubai Desert Classic, just a few hours before he was scheduled to tee off.

Golf Twitter blew up during Tiger's opening round after it appeared he may have winced on his very first swing.

And it sounds like they weren't wrong.

The new normal for Tiger: he walks like a guy with a bad back. He steps carefully and early in rounds he seems to swing with little force.

— Bob Harig (@BobHarig) February 2, 2017

Agent Mark Steinberg was optimistic, however.

Steinberg kept reiterating that this has nothing to do with nerve pain that’s been the problem in the past. Doesn’t think this is longterm.

— GC Tiger Tracker (@GCTigerTracker) February 3, 2017

So, what does this mean for Tiger's future? Steinberg did say that he thinks Woods will still play at Riviera in two weeks, but who knows for sure anymore? Only Tiger does, and according to his past quotes, who knows if we can trust what he tells us?

A few posts ago, I predicted that TW would finish top 10 at Torrey, but threw in the fact that I was just happy to see him back and playing. Who would've thought that just a week later, we may be talking about not seeing him again for some time.