Dr. William Stetson, team surgeon for USA men’s and women’s volleyball who is not treating Woods, told KABC-TV in Los Angeles Woods’ recovery will likely be a slow process.

“Typically with injuries like that, patients are not allowed to bear any weight on it for the first four to six weeks,” he said. “You probably won’t be able to put a full amount of weight on it until maybe three months after the surgery.”

And he said it would likely be between nine months to a year “for or any sort of decent recovery from an injury like that.”

He added that infection is a primary concern because Woods had an “open” fracture, meaning the bone broke through the skin, and the golfer will probably have to undergo additional surgeries in the next few months to stave off infection.