Tiger Woods turned 50 in December. He's four months removed from disk replacement surgery in his lower back — the same back that has endured six other operations, including spinal fusion in 2017.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Richard Menger is a neurosurgeon and a political scientist. A post-operative x-ray showing a spinal deformity correction for ...

Any and all optimism about Tiger Woods returning to the course anytime soon appears to be gone. Woods, who was working his way back from a ruptured Achilles that cost him all of last season, announced ...

Tiger Woods told reporters he remains hopeful about a return to golf after his latest back surgery, but the 15-time major winner said there’s no timetable.

Nationally, just 1-3 percent of spine surgeries are performed in an outpatient center, but Robert S. Bray Jr., MD, believes that rate will climb in the next decade as surgeons, payors and patients ...

THOMASTOWN, IRELAND - SEPTEMBER 30: Tiger Woods of the United States (left) has some cream rubbed into his injured back by caddy Steve Williams on the fourth hole during the first round of the ...

The back issue appears to stem from a flare-up of post-surgical stiffness following back surgery last August, a reminder of his long injury history. Yelich originally felt the pain over a week ...