Woods admits he may never return to competition
Tiger Woods
Sep 26  2017; Jersey City  NJ  USA; U.S. Team assistant captain Tiger Woods during The Presidents Cup golf tournament at Liberty National Golf Course. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports
JERSEY CITY  New Jersey (Reuters)  - Tiger Woods  said  he  was âoptimisticâ about  his  golfing future while at the same time publicly acknowledging what has been obvious for some time  that  he  might never return to competitive golf.
The American former world number one won the last of  his  14 major titles in 2008 and the 41-year-old has only played six competitive rounds in the past two years while trying to recover from multiple back surgeries.
âYeah  definitely. I donât know what my future holds for me â  he  said on Wednesday on the eve of the Presidents Cup when asked whether there was a scenario that would not allow  him  to compete again.
âI donât know what 100 percent (healthy) means after eight surgeries  but Iâll try and get as close as I can to that number â  Woods  added.
 Woods  was peppered with questions during a news conference with his three assistant Presidents Cup captains and the four International assistants  who often looked bored at the focus stayed on the second most prolific major champion of all time.
Sep 26  2017; Jersey City  NJ  USA;  U.S. Team assistant captain Tiger Woods  during The Presidents Cup golf tournament at Liberty National Golf Course. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports
 Woods  seemed destined to become the most prolific major winner of all time when he won the 2008 U.S. Open  moving within four titles of the record of 18 held by Jack Nicklaus.
Sep 26  2017; Jersey City  NJ  USA; U.S. Team assistant captain  [TGT]  during The Presidents Cup golf tournament at Liberty National Golf Course. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports
JERSEY CITY  New Jersey (Reuters)  -  [TGT]   said  he  was âoptimisticâ about  his  golfing future while at the same time publicly acknowledging what has been obvious for some time  that  he  might never return to competitive golf.
The American former world number one won the last of  his  14 major titles in 2008 and the 41-year-old has only played six competitive rounds in the past two years while trying to recover from multiple back surgeries.
âYeah  definitely. I donât know what my future holds for me â  he  said on Wednesday on the eve of the Presidents Cup when asked whether there was a scenario that would not allow  him  to compete again.
âI donât know what 100 percent (healthy) means after eight surgeries  but Iâll try and get as close as I can to that number â  Woods  added.
 Woods  was peppered with questions during a news conference with his three assistant Presidents Cup captains and the four International assistants  who often looked bored at the focus stayed on the second most prolific major champion of all time.
Sep 26  2017; Jersey City  NJ  USA;  U.S. Team assistant captain  [TGT]   during The Presidents Cup golf tournament at Liberty National Golf Course. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports
 Woods  seemed destined to become the most prolific major winner of all time when he won the 2008 U.S. Open  moving within four titles of the record of 18 held by Jack Nicklaus.