Tiger Woods Tweaks His Wrist at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-AM

No, no, NOOOO!

Say it ain’t so, Tiger.

Just 26 holes into his 2012 PGA Tour season, possibly the most injury-prone golfer in history appeared to have injured himself yet again.

No, it wasn’t his surgically reconstructed ACL.

It wasn’t his left knee.

It wasn’t his right or left Achilles tendon.

And it wasn’t his ankle.

This time it was his wrist, which is an injury that is far more common to golfers than torn ACLs and strained Achilles tendons.

Tim Finchem, let the night sweats begin.

Television network executives, begin preparing those presentations for your Board of Directors explaining why you shelled out hundreds of millions to cover golf for the next 10 years.

The injury occurred on the eighth hole of the Monterey Peninsula Shore Course Friday after Woods' drive found the fairway, just as 11 out of 13 of his drives that morning did, but happened to roll into an un-replaced divot.

From there, Woods hit down on the ball with more force than usual in an attempt to gouge the ball out of the divot, which he did successfully as he found the green and went on to make par.

However, immediately following the shot, an all-too-familiar grimace could be seen on Woods’ face as he began shaking his right wrist.

“It hurt like hell when I did it,” Woods said after his round.

“Once I popped it back in, it was good.  It was just a joint.  No big deal.  The problem was I was in a divot.  So I was in a divot on an uphill slope, and it was a tough combo.”

Woods’ injury did not seem to significantly affect his game after the eighth hole.  Woods would go on to card eight more pars, one birdie and one bogey on his way to his second consecutive round of 68, which places him in tie for 17th and six strokes behind tournament leader Charlie Wi.

However the words “popped it back in” and “wrist” typically don’t give interested observers a warm fuzzy feeling.

Wrist injuries have historically been tough for golfers to overcome and can hamper their game for days, weeks and even months following the injury’s occurrence, which is no surprise considering the amount of force golfers place on their wrists during each and every shot.

That’s not to say that Woods’ injury was anything more than a tweaked joint or slight sprain, but it’s something to keep an eye on as he returns to Pebble Beach returns to Pebble Beach to finish the Pro-Am.

The injury may be nothing at all, but then again, how many times has Woods said “it’s good” and then come out with a statement several days later saying that he did indeed injure himself and he’s taking yet another forced hiatus from the game?

No, no, NOOO.

Say it ain’t so.

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