Golf without Tiger Woods was inevitable simply because of age. He turns 50 at the end of this year and once leaned on the adage that “Father Time remains undefeated.” But for Woods, it has been the mother lode of injuries that is keeping him from going out on his own terms.

A look at the injuries for Tiger Woods, who had surgery Tuesday on a ruptured left Achilles tendon. —December 1994: Has surgery on left knee to remove two benign tumors and scar tissue. —Dec. 13, 2002: Has surgery on left knee to remove fluid inside and outside the ACL and remove benign cysts from his left knee.