By Daily Sports on September 29, 2017
Golfer, Rory McIlroy has described Tiger Woods as a "legend of golf" and can "walk away from the game with his head held extremely high" when he decides to retire.
Fourteen-time major winner Woods, 41, has had multiple back operations in recent years, and on Wednesday said he may never return to competitive golf.
"He probably played the greatest golf that anyone in my lifetime has seen," said world number six McIlroy, 28.
"If this is it, he doesn't have anything to prove to anyone."
On the eve of the Presidents Cup, American Woods said he had even doubted whether he could work as a captain's assistant at the event because riding in a golf buggy "hurt too much".
Asked whether it was possible he may never compete again, he said: "Yeah, definitely. I don't know what my future holds."
Speaking after an opening 67 in the British Masters, Northern Ireland's four-time major winner McIlroy added: "If he doesn't play again, he's been the greatest player that I've ever seen.
"I don't think there's a single figure in golf who did more in terms of bringing different groups of people into the game, different ethnicities, different age groups.
"He made golf cool in the 90s, when it really needed an injection of something.
"So he's a legend of the game and if this is it, then everyone should just applaud what a great career he's had," McIlroy said.
•Photo shows Rory McIlroy.
Source Daily Sports
Posted September 29, 2017
You may also like...
Australian Open: Konta praises support from family, friends...
Lagos SWAN commiserates with Enakhena over mother’s death...
Ex-Premier League and World Cup star Etuhu on...
Manchester United, Dortmund Discussing Payment Structure For Sancho...
All Set for 6th Dreamland, Hungary Embassy Cup...
Thousands raised for athlete attacked by vicious gang...

Ecobank, NCF Set for 2026 National Schools Team Chess Championship
Nwabali’s Simba move collapses
Al Ahly edge Maktown Flyers in close BAL encounter
Portable, Efe trade words ahead Chaos in the Ring
NOC unveils Olympafrica Centre, Lagos sports estate
Okoye pleased with Lazio draw
Simba agent confirms Nwabali interest
Wakama confident of bright D’Tigress future
Okezie runs 300m PB in South Africa
Falcons to discover 2028 Olympics route today
Nigeria arrive Botswana for World Relays
Nigeria begin World Table Tennis Champs quest in London
Rangers International going, going . . . (63,739 views)
Amaju Pinnick: A cat with nine lives (55,057 views)
Second Term: Amaju Pinnick, Other NFF Heavyweights Home to Roost •How Pinnick Broke the Jinx (52,994 views)
Current issues in Nigerian sports: Matters arising (52,582 views)
Sports Development: Zenith Bank on the zenith (52,516 views)
Missing $150,000 IAAF Grant: Solomon Dalung’s Hide and Seek game (52,410 views)
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje’s solid footprints, commitment to sports development in Kano State (52,261 views)
NFF Presidency: Pinnick, Maigari, Ogunjobi, Okoye in Battle for Supremacy (51,807 views)
Olopade, BET9A wave of revolution in NNL (50,996 views)
Commonwealth Games 2018: Shame of Muhammadu Buhari, Solomon Dalung (49,501 views)
Ibrahimovic’s Man U exit: Whose decision is it? And in whose interest? (47,921 views)
John Mikel Obi: Segun Odegbami’s Outrageous Call! (47,380 views)