PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FLA. – Tiger Woods withdrew from The Players Championship after just nine holes Thursday morning, visibly limping after he aggravated injuries to his left knee and Achilles’ tendon – ailments that now put his availability for next month’s U.S. Open at Bethesda’s Congressional Country Club in question. “I’m having a hard time walking,” Woods said. Woods said he felt pain in his knee – originally injured on the 17th hole at last month’s Masters, the last tournament he played – on the opening tee shot, which he hit in the left rough, giving him a stance on pine straw.