Tiger Woods withdraws from Riviera 2024 debut with flu symptoms only lasts 24 holes

tiger Woods returned to the PGA Tour, played only 24 holes, and withdrew from the Genesis Invitational on Friday with symptoms similar to his previous condition.After teeing off the seventh hole at Riviera, he came down with the flu and dehydration.

said Rob McNamara, his long-time partner and vice president of TGR Ventures Woods felt flu-like symptoms Thursday night, and when he woke up, the symptoms became more severe.

“He had a little bit of a fever and it got better during the warm-up, but when he came out and was walking around and playing, he started to feel dizzy,” McNamara told PGA Tour officials. “Finally, the doctor said he probably had some kind of flu and was dehydrated. He was put on an IV bag and is doing very, very well Much better, and soon he will be discharged from the hospital on his own. “

Woods left Riviera about two hours after retiring, Sitting in the front seat of a red pickup truck, the car drove away.

He was 1 over for the round (2 over for the championship), and when he called the cart, he was just outside the tangent line, and then A rules official removed him from the field. He was walking slowly and appeared exhausted as he played the front nine.

“He obviously wasn’t himself, he just didn’t look good. I saw it before the tournament started,” said Gary Woodland, who was playing with Woods and Justin Thomas. “Obviously everything is better with him in it and for him to be able to go out and finish the game the way he wanted to for his first game back, it sucks for all of us.”

Woodland said he noticed Woods was calmer than usual, despite Everyone is trying to make sure they get into the top 50.

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