Tiger Woods has ankle surgery, after withdrawing from Masters with leg injury

Professional golf star Tiger Woods underwent surgery Wednesday to help with arthritis in his right ankle, which was injured in a February 2021 car accident.

Dr. Martin O'Malley at HSS Sports Medicine Institute in New York performed the subtalar fusion procedure to address arthritis caused by a previous talus fracture and "determined the surgery to be successful," according to a statement posted to Wood's Twitter account.

Woods' agent Mark Steinberg told the Associated Press his 37-year-old client is now resting at his home in Jupiter, Florida, and there is no timetable for his return to competitive, professional golf.

The surgery follows Woods withdrawing earlier this month from the Masters tournament, in Augusta, Georgia, with a pronounced limp. The 15-time Majors champion said at the time he was struggling with plantar fasciitas, a foot-heal injury.

The subtalar joint is the articulation between the talus, the main bone of the ankle, and the calcaneus, the heel bone, according to ESPN.com.