Tiger Woods-Season Over as Tiger Plans Second Surgery Since April

Tiger Woods won't be playing any more golf this week, or even this season as he plans for another surgery. Surgeons are planning to perform surgery to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), the ligament that supports the knee, and can be strained with the twisting movements of a golf swing.

Tiger most recently had surgery on April 15th for cartilage in his left knee that was causing problems. After the April surgery, doctors found two stress fractures in Tiger's shin bone, the tibia, an injury that can be very painful but can heal without surgical intervention in some cases. It has been reported that Tiger's physicians recommended that he use crutches, but the lure of the US Open, a major golf event, was too strong and Tiger kept golfing.

Tiger didn't reveal the nature of his injury at that time, but had difficulty disguising the fact that he was not feeling his best. The pain caused by the broken bone and torn ACL was clear to many watching the US Open as Tiger had difficulty walking, bending and even standing without appearing to be in serious pain.

Tiger has some of the best surgeons in the world on his healthcare team, something we expect when a world-famous athlete needs surgery. What about you? When you have surgery is your surgeon the best available? Take a page out of Tiger's book, Find a Great Surgeon and don't settle for second best.