Tiger Woods gets medical clearance to resume playing golf

Tiger Woods looks on before the first round of the Presidents Cup at Liberty National Golf Club in Jersey City, N.J., Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017. He's been medically cleared to resume playing. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Tiger Woods has been cleared to resume playing golf, six months after back surgery that kept him from swinging a club.

Woods, a 14-time major champion, has had setbacks on and off the course -- four back surgeries, an arrest last May for driving under the influence and a summer stint in an in-patient program to help manage his pain and sleep problems.

So this is good news for the 41-year-old who hasn't played in a tournament since he withdrew from a tournament last February in Dubai. He has missed every major championship in the last two years.

He hasn't won on the PGA Tour since 2013 at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.

Woods posted a video of himself Monday on Twitter, wearing his traditional Sunday red and black, swinging a driver. He captioned it, "Making Progress." It's his third post that shows his progression through his golf bag, from pitching with a wedge, to hitting with his irons and now swinging the big club.

Woods met with the doctor who performed his back fusion surgery last April, and was cleared to resume full golf activities, according to his agent, Mark Steinberg.

Steinberg told ESPN, "He got a nice report and is allowed to proceed. He can do as much as he needs to do. Tiger is going to take this very, very slowly. This is good, but he plans to do it the right way.

If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.