Tiger woods had to leave the WGC because of his injury

"I felt tightness within my left Achilles warm up this morning, and it continued to acquire progressively worse," said Woods, who made three bogeys with out birdies through the final round. "After hitting my tee shot at 12, I decided it was necessary to withdraw. In the past, I might have tried to carry on and play, but this time, I chose to do some tips i thought was necessary."

Woods first suffered an Achilles injury at last year's Masters and tried to return more than 30 days later on the Players Championship, where he withdrew after just nine holes. He later declared that he caused himself a setback by trying to return prematurily ..

Woods, who began your fourth round worldwide Golf Championship event eight strokes behind leader Bubba Watson, missed four months of action this past year after having suffered what was then described as a Grade 1 mild medial collateral ligament strain to his left knee and a mild strain to his left Calf msucles.

The original injury occurred while "hitting a challenging and awkward second shot from your pine straw beneath the Mizuno Mp-63 irons Eisenhower tree left of the fairway at No. 17 throughout the third round in the 2011 Masters," according to his website. Woods tied for fourth because tournament.

"It appeared as if he earned a swing on 12 that actually hurt," said Webb Simpson, who tinkered with Woods throughout the final round. "But he didn't say a tremendous amount. He just said they have to get done. It appeared as if he was in some pain ... maybe his heel was bothering him, something together with his foot. I do not think it's anything serious, but we didn't talk or anything so I don't know the thing it was."

Rory McIlroy, who increased to No. 1 in the globe when he won the Honda Classic a couple weeks ago, was playing within the group behind Woods and watched from your 12th tee as Woods left. To start with, he thought Woods needed a restroom.

"It's a waste as they looked like he was released this season, swinging it really well, playing good, getting himself into contention," McIlroy said. "It's probably just precautionary, but I really hope Mizuno MP 53 Irons he's healthy for your Masters, because obviously it could be an incredible week with him there."

Woods is scheduled to play a two-day exhibition referred to as the Tavistock Cup, March 19-20 in Orlando, then the Arnold Palmer Invitational, that he has won six times. That tournament begins March 22. The Masters, which Woods has won four times, and not since 2005, begins April 5.

Although Woods said he is being affected by an Achilles injury, it really is his left knee that has been most bothersome over time. He has endured four operations for the knee, including reconstructive surgery on a damaged ACL following his 2008 U.S. Open victory. (The Achilles injury that Woods said he suffered in 2008-09 was his right, not his left, as last year's was considered to be.)

That kept him from playing other 2008 season, but he returned last year to win six times for the PGA Tour and another event in Australia.

Recently he has shown solid form after returning in August from your Achilles and knee injury. He finished third in the Australian Open in November, won the Chevron World Challenge, was tied for third as part of his first event this year in Abu Dhabi, then was tied for 15th at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.

After getting bounced from your WGC-Accenture Match Play a couple weeks ago inside second round, Woods last Sunday discount golf clubs shot a final-round 62 to finish second to McIlroy in the Honda Classic.

He never finished outside the best in eight previous appearances at Doral, with three victories, including one out of the WGC event.

Woods, who entered a final round at Doral eight strokes back, was asked Saturday about his health, since he was playing his third consecutive event. Asked how his body was providing strength to, Woods said, "Oh, it feels great."