Woods was referencing the injury he sustained earlier this year while training. On Tuesday, March 11, he revealed on Instagram that he’d had successful surgery to repair a tear in his Achilles. But really, a month wasn’t long enough to fully heal.

Golf legend Tiger Woods made a heartbreaking announcement to the golf world on March 11 when he shared that he had ruptured his left Achilles tendon, an injury that led to successful surgery shortly afterward.