Tiger Woods begins knee rehabilitation

Tiger Woods is out of the snow and on his bike.

Woods returned from a brief vacation in Sweden with his girlfriend and began rehabilitation on his left knee from surgery Dec. 12 to remove fluid around the ligaments.

``It's definitely getting better,'' Woods said on his Web site www.tigerwoods.com. ``At least I'm able to get out and do stuff. I'm doing a lot of cardio rehab on an exercise bike. I should be ready for the Tour de France by mid-July.''

Woods began putting late last week. He declined to speculate on when he might return, although the target is the Buick Invitational at Torrey Pines, Feb, 13-16.

``I don't want to play in pain again,'' Woods said. ``However long the doctor says to wait, that's what I'm going to do. Once he gives me the OK to practice, that's it.''

Woods said he enjoyed his time in Sweden, where temperatures were 29 degrees C below zero (20 degrees F below zero), but he could have done without the paparazzi camped outside the house.

``They didn't leave for 2 1/2 days, which was very unfortunate,'' he said. ``We kept telling them, 'Why don't you go home and spend the holidays with your families?'''

This years news archive | Email this page to a friend | Return to top of page