ORLANDO, Fla. – Tiger Woods was less than a year removed from his own bout with an injured leg and the possibility of amputation, so when he learned of Casey Martin’s plight there was a mix of both empathy and sympathy.
Martin, who played college golf at Stanford with Woods, suffered from Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber syndrome. Two years ago, he broke his right leg which led to the decision to amputate in October.
“We were all so thankful that the procedure turned out as well as it did. He didn't lose as much of the femur as the doctors were thinking going into the procedure,” Woods said Saturday at the PNC Championship.