Tiger Woods was forced, after 11 holes of the final round on Sunday of WGC Cadillac Championship in Florida with an Achilles tendon injury pull out.
The former number one, who the day at Doral eight started pace had already fallen off by running with bogeys on 6, 7 and 10.
New injury but his are a concern of the four-time Masters champion with Augusta less than four weeks away.
Justin Rose won the tournament by a shot of Bubba Watson.
Woods, 36, complained of a tight left hamstring during his warm-up and said a aggravated the injury in his lap on the day four.
"After hit my tee off at noon I decided, to delete it was shot," the big winner said 14-time.
"In the past, can I continue to play, but this time I decided to do, what I thought was necessary."
Woods added that he expected judge of medical personnel at the beginning of this week.
The last day drama contain also a hole-in-one from England's Paul Casey.
It came with an eight-iron on the 15th but, even though it was a brand new Cadillac behind tea, it proved not the price for an ACE on the near located 13 - 15.
Since returning from his latest knee surgery last August, the former number has claimed time and again one fitter and stronger than ever before. Woods has in his new swing bed, yielding two top three finishes in four completed tournaments in 2012. But since he of the Doral hobbled questions were inevitably will be asked over whether he can compete on next month masters. It's relief, that there is no repetition of his left knee trouble, but he suffered Achilles problems in the past. That he is still susceptible to injury in his left leg annoying are a source of great frustration for Woods, especially, as it happens, if he should set his sights on the first of the year.
Casey's Caddy Craig Connelly was initially overjoyed, he struck a deal on the tea to go halves with his boss when the discount went."On the tea," Casey said, "I said," when I get there holes I the price share with you whether it a car or cash.
"We shook on it he handed me the eight iron, I knocked it into the hole, and Craig went bananas."
But a conversation with the officials quickly brought the bad news that the car on view not, finally was offered.
"I so easier, in my life never", said Casey.
Cheltenham, Casey played his first tournament since dislocating his shoulder snowboarding in Colorado on Christmas Eve.
Casey carded one ACE be one over par 73, a double bogey on the par-5 12th undo of the damage.
Woods, who had reconstructive knee surgery in 2008 and was last summer because of the other leg problems away, already had in the round limping was abruptly before leaving after 11 holes of the course.
Joint eighth overnight, Woods of bogeys on the sixth and seventh and then hit another shot after deleted the long 10th in water.
He played the next and saved par from a bunker on 11, but he had to his club after the collision in the sand are let go and decided not to risk, exacerbated the problem.
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