BETHESDA, Md. — Tiger Woods can’t say whether his left elbow will be fully healed in time for the British Open, only that it will be “good enough.”
Woods returned to the AT&T National in Bethesda, Md., as the defending champion only in name.
Doctors have recommended he sit out this week at Congressional, along with next week at The Greenbrier, because of a left elbow strain that has been bothering him for more a month and was made worse by hacking out of the dense U.S. Open rough at Merion.
“I pushed it pretty good at the Open to play it and to play through it,” Woods said. “Made it worse by hitting the ball out of the rough, and eventually got to a point where I wasn’t able to play here. We’re treating it, and eventually I’ll start the strengthening process, then start hitting balls to get up to speed for the British.”
The British Open is July 18-21 at Muirfield.