Seven back surgeries. Multiple knee operations. A near-fatal car crash. For most athletes, even one of these would end a career. For Tiger Woods , they became chapters in golf’s greatest comeback story. The 15-time major champion has turned his medical rap sheet into a testament of sheer willpower, repeatedly defying doctors and critics who said he was done.

His journey through pain started young and never really stopped. December 1994 marked his first surgery at the age of 18. Stanford University’s rising star had two benign tumors and scar tissue removed from his left knee. Nobody knew then that this was merely the opening act of a three-decade medical drama that would reshape what’s possible in professional sports.

Tiger Woods’ injury timeline: From torn ACLs to seven back surgeri

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