Tiger Woods steps up recovery and given all clear to resume full golf activity

The 14-time major champion will now step up his rehab from back surgery without any restrictions.

Tiger Woods has been out of action since withdrawing from the Dubai Desert Classic at the start of February and in April underwent a fourth back operation in three years.

But Woods has been posting videos on Instagram showing him hitting the ball well, much to the excitement of the golfing world.

Woods admitted last month it was possible he may never play competitive golf again, but on Sunday he tweeted a nine-second clip in which he hits a drive, captioned “Making Progress”.

He was back in his famous ‘Sunday red’ leading to suggestions he could return sooner rather than later.

And, according to ESPN, his agent Mark Steinberg has said the 41-year-old American has been cleared to resume full golf activity, after last week having a check-up with the surgeon who performed back surgery on him six months ago.

Steinberg said: “He got a nice report and is allowed to proceed.

“He can do as much as he needs to do. Tiger is going to take this very, very slowly. This is good, but he plans to do it the right way.”

Steinberg refused to estimate when Woods might be able to make a competitive return, however, saying: “We have not even talked about it. We will see what each day brings, what each week brings.”