Injured Tiger Woods ruled out of Open Championship

Former world number one Tiger Woods has confirmed he will miss this month's Open Championship at Sandwich because of his troublesome leg injury.

The 35-year-old has not played competitively since suffering a recurrence of the injury at the Players Championship in mid-May.
"Unfortunately, I've been advised that I should not play in the British Open," Woods said on his official website.
Australian Brendan Jones replaces Woods in the Open, which starts on 14 July.
Woods, who was also forced to miss his first US Open since 1994 recently, has been plagued by injury problems for much of the last three years.

Tiger Woods in 2011

• Events played: Six
• Best finish: Tied fourth at the Masters
• Scoring average: 70.45 (30th on the PGA Tour)
• Total birdies: 61

Following his memorable US Open win in 2008, his 14th and most recent major title, Woods revealed he had a double stress fracture in his left tibia and also added that he had been playing for almost a year with a torn ligament in his left knee.
He subsequently had surgery and missed the next eight months, including that year's Open and PGA Championships.
Woods took five months away from golf in 2009/10 after his much-publicised marital problems but returned for the 2010 Masters.
He had Achilles trouble in late 2010 before suffering a sprained left knee and a mild strain to his left Achilles tendon after hitting out of the pine straw at this year's Masters at Augusta.
Although he returned for the Players Championship at Sawgrass, Woods - who has not won a tournament since the Australian Masters in November 2009 - played only nine holes before withdrawing from the event.

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