Tiger Woods will miss the remainder of 2008 after a planned reconstructive surgery on his left knee, the golfer's management company said Wednesday, confirming rumors that Woods was significantly more injured than he let on while winning the 108th U.S. Open. IMG released a statement saying the world No. 1 played at Torrey Pines with a torn anterior cruciate ligament and a double stress fracture of the left tibia. "Now, it is clear that the right thing to do is listen to my doctors, follow through with this surgery and focus my attention on rehabilitating my knee," Woods said. Wednesday's news sent shock waves through the sport and beyond. "Wow," said Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling when he heard the news that Woods had won on such a severely damaged leg. "I guess that's why he's Tiger Woods." As far as anyone knew, Woods was merely recovering from a relatively minor operation on the knee to clean out cartilage April 15. But it was revealed Wednesday that he tore his ACL while jogging near his home in Orlando shortly after the British Open last July. He elected to see if he could avoid a major operation, and won four of his last five official starts of 2007, including the PGA Championship and the inaugural FedEx Cup. All of those tournaments-also including the WGC Bridgestone Invitational, the BMW Championship and the Tour Championship-will be absent the defending champion this year. So will the Target World Challenge, an unofficial event in December. Woods also will miss playing in his own official tournament, in its second year, the AT&T National, July 3-6. And his pursuit of Jack Nicklaus's record 18 major championships will temporarily stall at 14. Woods, who has never missed a major as a professional, will not play the final two majors of the year, the British Open at Royal Birkdale in July and the PGA Championship at Oakland Hills in August. But perhaps the biggest void will be on captain Paul Azinger's U.S. Ryder Cup team, which will be without its biggest point-getter and most intimidating player in September. "I admire Tiger as a person, player and fan," Azinger said in a statement released by the PGA of America. "This should not be about Tiger and the Ryder Cup now. This is about Tiger's health and well being and his march to history." Woods had also planned to play in next week's Buick Open in Grand Blanc, Mich. The first clue that something was wrong, other than a few awkward moments when his patented celebratory fist-pump put too much weight on his left leg, was when Woods elected not to play overseas in the off-season. He came back for the 2008 season a bit lighter, and had won four of six starts worldwide when he opted to have arthroscopic surgery two days after finishing second at the Masters in April.

VERNON, British Columbia (AP) — With a couple of hundred of thousand dollars on the line, Camilo Villegas felt some nerves at his first Skins Game. Coming off a top-10 finish at the U.S. Open, Villegas made more than $200,000 on Tuesday to win the two-day World Skins Game. Villegas made a 4-foot birdie putt on the par-5 14th hole for $127,800, then added another $97,800 in a playoff. "I actually was (nervous) with that short putt on the par 5, but it was good," said Villegas, whose tie for ninth at Torrey Pines was his best finish in a major. "It's good to feel the nerves, a little shaking, and why not? Just test yourself." Villegas forced the closest-to-the pin playoff for the final four skins by matching Mike Weir's 10-foot birdie on the 18th hole. "I thought maybe he might do me a favor being Canadian," joked Weir, who was shut out in his first Skins Game in his home country in seven years. After walking 130 yards back into the fairway, Villegas' pitching wedge over water settled 20 feet past the pin. Fred Couples and Australia's Greg Norman were both closer, but their shots finished on the fringe just short of the green and didn't count. So when Colin Montgomerie's ball stopped a foot past Villegas', and Weir came up short of the green, Villegas had the title and over $226,000.