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Tiger Woods Shows Leg Injury For First Time Since Near-Fatal Car Crash
By Jonny Leighfield,
10 hours ago
Tiger Woods bared the extent of his right leg injury while supporting son Charlie at the US Junior Amateur on Monday.
Woods sustained serious damage to the lower half of his right leg back in 2021 after being involved in a one-car accident during a February morning in California.
The now-48-year-old was travelling at high speed when his SUV veered off the road after hitting the central kerb and then a tree before rolling several times. According to Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva, the incident could have been fatal if not for the strength of the interior unit in Woods' car.
After being found conscious and responsive by medical staff, the 82-time PGA Tour winner was taken to the nearby Harbor UCLA Medical Centre as a result of several injuries and required emergency surgery.
His right leg was stabilised with a metal rod, screws and pins, and he later admitted that amputation had been “on the table.” Speaking to Golf Digest , Woods said: "There was a point in time when, I wouldn’t say it was 50/50, but it was damn-near there if I was going to walk out of that hospital with one leg,”
Woods left hospital three weeks later in a wheelchair and continued his recovery - although he admitted a return to full-time golf would no longer be possible.
He said: “After my back fusion, I had to climb Mount Everest one more time. This time around, I don’t think I’ll have the body to climb Mount Everest and that’s OK.
“I can still participate in the game of golf. But as far as climbing the mountain again and getting all the way to the top, I don’t think that’s a realistic expectation of me.”
Since the accident, the Californian has only made 10 PGA Tour starts - six of which have come since the Hero World Challenge last December.
"No, I'm not going to play until then," Woods said of the Hero World Challenge and his plans.
"I'm going to just keep getting physically better and keep working on it. Hopefully just come back for what is it, our fifth Major, the Father/Son, so looking forward to it."
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