Tiger Woods to Miss Remainder of  2008 Golf Season

World number one men's golfer Tiger Woods of the United States will miss the remainder of the 2008 season due to reconstructive surgery on his left knee.

Woods said on his Internet site that doctors need to rebuild his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). The announcement comes two days after he won the U.S. Open in a 19-hole playoff and about a month before the British Open.

Along with the surgery, Woods will require time off to rehabilitate a double stress fracture in his left shin bone. The stress fracture was discovered just before the Memorial Tournament last month.

Woods originally ruptured his ACL in 2007 while running at his home in Orlando. He had surgery in April to remove cartilage that had been damaged because of the torn ligament. Doctors say that the long-term outlook is very good with proper rehabilitation and training.

Woods has won 14 majors and is only four behind Jack Nicklaus for the all-time lead. Since he was injured, Woods has won 10 of the 13 tournaments and has finished in the top-five of all of them.

Some information for this report was provided by AP.