Painful decisions ahead for Woods

NOW he has an injury on top of his personal woes, there must be fresh doubt whether Tiger Woods will make the trips across the Atlantic for July’s British Open Championship and October’s Ryder Cup.

A scan this week will reveal whether Woods – still world number one after Phil Mickelson failed to win The Players Championship – has a simple neck strain or a more worrying bulging disc in his upper back.

Either way, though, the fact Woods quit on the seventh hole of his final round at Sawgrass on Sunday shows there is now a limit to what he is prepared to endure.