Tiger Woods said he is not playing at the U.S. Open this year as he recovers from back surgery.
This will be the third time in the last six years that injuries have kept him out of the U.S. Open, which he has won three times.
Woods wrote on his website that he is working hard to get ready, but that he is not physically ready to play next week at Oakmont, or at his Quicken Loans National tournament the following week at Congressional in Bethesda.
Woods has not played since a tie for 10th in the Wyndham Championship in August. Woods, who first had back surgery a week before the Masters in 2014, had two more surgeries in September and October.
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