Tiger Woods cancels press conference of tournament he's hosting as back injury problems continue
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Tiger Woods has cancelled a press conference ahead of the Genesis Open as he continues to struggle with the back spasms which forced his withdrawal from the event.
Woods had been due to speak to the media on Tuesday as the tournament benefits his foundation, but initially postponed the press conference at Riviera Country Club by 24 hours.
Tournament organisers then announced late on Tuesday evening that Woods has been "advised by doctors to limit all activities" as he tries to recover from the spasms which saw his latest comeback aborted earlier this month.
"This is more precautionary," Woods's agent Mark Steinberg told ESPN.com. "This isn't about him not doing a press conference. What is going to be accomplished? What is he going to say? That he hopes his back spasms calm down.
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"This is about the Genesis Open, the Tiger Woods Foundation and supporting Hyundai and his foundation. He is doing all he can without having to get up and move around all that much so that he can put himself in the best position to recover.
"He is just having a hard time getting these spasms to calm down. And he's working on that on an hourly basis. He's got personnel working with him to help pacify that."