In October, Tiger Woods underwent another surgery on his back. It was a lumbar disc replacement on his L4/5 vertebra. The American legend has already undergone several procedures, and all on the verge of 50. His recent health conditions have made fans question whether he would be able to be back on the course in full form yet again. 

Jim Furyk shared his take on this scenario a few days back. “… the economic impact on the Tour and the cities that he played in and events that he played in was astronomical. For us, if he does indeed decide to play some events, being prepared and ready is step one but two it would be a huge boost for our Tour.” And now Furyk has reflected on what might be the right time for Woods to take up his national duty.

Jim Furyk recently joined the 5 Clubs Golf podcast. The interviewer questioned Furyk whether he feels “27 is the right time for him (Woods) to captain a team?” Furyk immediately answered, “I think that’s his choice, right? He’s Tiger Woods. I think the opportunity was there in 25. I think, you know, he needs to be able to give 110% to it. It’s an amazing job, but it is very time-consuming.”

Furyk further explained how the role of a captain often becomes very demanding.

“You put a lot of pressure on yourself as a captain. So, if the timing is right for him and it’s something that he wants, I think that opportunity is there.”

The 55-year-old American golfer further explained, “You know, he surely, as you said, it was difficult to find the right partners because when you’re dealing with Tiger Woods, he’s under the microscope, each and every day of his life. And so, to be cast into that as a partner can be sometimes difficult. I think by the time we became partners, I was pretty comfortable with my career and comfortable with that position. Same with Strick.”

Jim Furyk also added how he believes that Woods has done some “amazing work.” 

“I wasn’t one of his vice captains in Australia when he was the captain of the President’s Cup team, but I served a number of different teams with him as a vice captain, and the players look up to him. I think he’s really become a mentor for a lot of them down there in South Florida, and he had some great intuition and great ideas as a vice captain. So, uh, he was always an asset to the team in that way,” shared Furyk.

However, as of now, the doubts surrounding his return to the fairways remain.

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Fans always love to see Tiger Woods take the W at every golf tournament. However, while he has been able to produce some first-class performances over the years, in recent times, things have been looking quite grim. Owing to a string of injuries, the golfing legend is currently recovering from his 7th back surgery. And while it is expected that Woods might once again return to the fairways, the hopes of a stellar comeback are fading away. 

For one, Woods is nearing his 50s and thus, a speedy recovery might not be on the cards anymore. Discussing the same, former PGA Tour pro Will MacKenzie and analyst Jason Sobel had some interesting points to share on the SiriusXM PGA Tour Radio back in mid-October. 

MacKenzie pointed out, “I’ve had a lot of surgery in my day myself, and that does not sound good for Tiger. We all want Tiger to come out on the other side stronger, healthier, and play again. But man, this is just one tacked onto another of bad injuries, and I’m worried about it. He’s going to be in this cocoon for a while, working to get back where he’s walking again.” 

Echoing a similar sentiment, golf analyst Sobel pointed out that he will be pretty happy to see Woods play in the Masters next year. But with that, he also mentioned how the legendary golfer has not yet expressed his intentions to come back and get going immediately.

With a lot of speculations going on, it now remains to be seen what happens next.