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TIGER WON US OPEN WITH BROKEN LEG; GOLF SUPERSTAR'S SHOCK ADMISSION Crocked Woods will miss Birkdale and Ryder Cup.(Sport)

Article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) Article date: June 19, 2008

Byline: By Neil Cameron

TIGER WOODS will miss the rest of this season after revealing he won the US Open with a broken leg AND cruciate ligament damage.

The American golfing superstar is OUT of next month's Open at Birkdale and September's Ryder Cup clash in Kentucky after limping his way to glory in San Diego.

Woods confirmed yesterday he needed more surgery on his crocked left knee and revealed he collected his 14th Major at Torrey Pines on Monday while suffering from a double stress fracture of his left tibia.

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