Tiger Woods’ 6 spine surgeries: A timeline

Professional golfer Tiger Woods had his sixth career back surgery in September.

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Here is a timeline of his surgeries:

2014: Charles Rich, MD, performed a microdiscectomy procedure on Mr. Woods.

2015: Mr. Woods had two back surgeries in October and September.

2017: Richard Guyer, MD, of Plano-based Center for Disc Replacement at the Texas Back Institute performed anterior lumbar interbody fusion on Mr. Woods to address sciatica.

2021: Mr. Woods had a microdiscectomy to remove a pressurized disc fragment that was pinching his nerve.

2024: Sheeraz Qureshi, MD, operated on Mr. Woods. The golfer had a microdecompression surgery in his lumbar spine for nerve impingement.

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