Woods withdraws from Players with injury

Woods was 12 shots off the pace when he pulled out of the tournament

Tiger Woods has withdrawn from The Players Championship with an injury that he fears might be a bulging disk in his upper back.

He says he's been playing with a bad neck for about a month.

After hitting his drive well to the right on the seventh hole, Woods called for an official. He hit his second shot and grimaced, then walked to the middle of the fairway to shake hands with Jason Bohn before leaving on a golf cart.



Woods had his head bowed for several minutes as he sat in front of his locker and other times kept his eyes closed before answering questions from a couple of reporters.

He says he first felt the injury before the Masters and plans to have an MRI next week. Woods says he has felt a tingling sensation on his right side down to his fingers.

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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Tiger Woods has withdrawn from the Players Championship with an apparent injury on the seventh hole of the final round.

After hitting his tee shot on No. 7 far right Sunday, Woods called over an official. He hit his second shot and grimaced in apparent pain again.

Woods then walked to the middle of the fairway to shake hands with playing partner Jason Bohn before leaving on a golf cart.