--- description: Golfing legend expresses regrets to organizers, sponsors and fans title: Tiger Woods Drops Out of Arnold Palmer Tournament Due to Back Pain image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8fe809ad4b34e7ec/698686171eebf7d31836fe61/tiger.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [golf](/tag/golf/) ## golf Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Tiger Woods Drops Out of Arnold Palmer Invitational Due to Back Pain by [David Stout](/author/david-stout/) ## David Stout Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 19, 2014 5:23 AM CUT  Tiger Woods bows his head on the fourth green during the final round of the Cadillac Championship golf tournament on Sunday, March 9, 2014, in Doral, Fla. Woods made bogey on the hole. Tiger Woods bows his head on the fourth green during the final round of the Cadillac Championship golf tournament on Sunday, March 9, 2014, in Doral, Fla. Woods made bogey on the hole.Lynne Sladky - AP by [David Stout](/author/david-stout/) ## David Stout Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 19, 2014 5:23 AM CUT Tiger Woods announced on Tuesday that [he is not in good enough health](http://sports.yahoo.com/news/woods-pulls-bay-hill-because-212809150--golf.html "undefined") to compete in the Arnold Palmer Invitational Tournament in Orlando this week. The world’s number one golfer cited ongoing bouts of back pain and muscular spasms as his reason for pulling out the week’s contest, which falls within a month of the Masters in Augusta in April. ”I personally called Arnold today to tell him that, sadly, I won’t be able to play in his tournament this year,” wrote Woods in a post on his website. ”I would like to express my regrets to the Orlando fans, the volunteers, the tournament staff and the sponsors for having to miss the event.” Just three weeks ago, Woods dropped out of the Honda Classic after completing 13 holes in the final round due to intense pain in his lower back. \[[AP](http://sports.yahoo.com/news/woods-pulls-bay-hill-because-212809150--golf.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/29763/tiger-woods-drops-out-of-arnold-palmer-back-pain/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/29763/tiger-woods-drops-out-of-arnold-palmer-back-pain/"},"headline":"Tiger Woods Drops Out of Arnold Palmer Invitational Due to Back Pain","datePublished":"2014-03-19T05:23:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T06:50:22.527Z","description":"Persistent injury plagues golf’s top ranked player","url":"https://time.com/29763/tiger-woods-drops-out-of-arnold-palmer-back-pain/","keywords":["golf","Tiger Woods","Back Pain"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8fe809ad4b34e7ec/698686171eebf7d31836fe61/tiger.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"David Stout","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/david-stout/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8fe809ad4b34e7ec/698686171eebf7d31836fe61/tiger.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Tiger Woods","caption":"Tiger Woods","creditText":"Lynne Sladky - AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/golf/","name":"golf"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/29763/tiger-woods-drops-out-of-arnold-palmer-back-pain/","name":"Tiger Woods Drops Out of Arnold Palmer Invitational Due to Back Pain"}}]}] ```