Tiger Woods is taking an indefinite break from golf, saying his game is “unacceptable for tournament play”.
Woods, 39, withdrew injured from last week’s event at Torrey Pines after just 12 holes, having missed the cut at the Phoenix Open the week before.
“I need a lot of work on my game and to spend time with people that are important to me,” said the American.
“I enter a tournament to compete at the highest level. When I think I’m ready, I’ll be back”, Woods said.
Woods, a former world number one who has won 14 majors, has withdrawn from three of his last eight competitive tournaments.
In missing the cut in Arizona last month, he recorded the worst round of his professional career with an 11-over-par 82 in the second round.
Finishing last in a field of 132, Woods said: “I’ve got to keep this in perspective. Sometimes that’s hard to do.”
-Source: bbc.