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– US golf legend Tiger Woods is recovering in hospital after surgery for serious leg injuries sustained in a car crash that have raised fears for the 45 year old’s career.
Law enforcement officials said the 15-time major champion, who has been plagued by injury, would not face reckless driving charges for the crash, which did not involve any other cars.
Woods was driving alone on Tuesday morning in a Los Angeles suburb on a road notorious for fatal accidents when his SUV hit the centre median, crossed into the opposing lane, hit a tree and then rolled several times.
“A reckless driving charge has a lot of elements into it, this is purely an accident,” Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said.
He added the most Woods could face was a low-level offence, known as an infraction, if investigators concluded he was speeding or not paying attention.
Investigators hope the vehicle was equipped with a “black box” data recorder that will help shed light on the cause of his third high-profile car incident in recent years.
Woods underwent surgery to repair “significant orthopedic injuries” to his lower right leg and ankle, Harbor-UCLA Medical Centre chief medical officer Anish Mahajan said.
This included the insertion of a rod into his shin bone and the use of “a combination of screws and pins” to stabilise the foot and ankle.
In the same statement, posted on Woods’ Twitter account, his representatives said he was “currently awake, responsive, and recovering in his hospital room”.
The crash came two months after the golfing phenomenon underwent his fifth back operation.
He has also had three procedures on his knee.
In 2019, he completed an astonishing comeback from four back operations between 2014 and 2017 to win the Masters, his first Major title since 2008.
News of his latest injuries has cast doubt on his ability to compete at the top level again.
“He’s not Superman,” fourtime major champion Rory McIlroy said on Wednesday. “He’s a human being at the end of the day. And he’s already been through so much.
“At this stage, I think everyone should just be grateful that he’s here, that he’s alive, that his kids haven’t lost their dad.”
World No 4 Xander Schauffele described the “sombre” mood on the practice greens ahead of the World Golf Championship Workday Championship in Florida.
Six-time major winner Nick Faldo said he thought it would be “quite extraordinary” if Woods completes another comeback.
The Englishman added that Woods would first have to focus on rebuilding his body and that playing competitively “is possibly a long way down the line”.
Faldo said Woods’ age made it even more difficult.
“It’s tough enough playing at 45 when you’re playing against kids that are 25,” Faldo told CBS.
World No 1 Dustin Johnson tweeted that he was wishing Woods “a quick recovery and a Ben Hogan style comeback”.
“If anyone can do it, it’s TW,” he wrote.
Hogan famously won six of his
It’s tough enough playing at 45 against 25 year olds
nine majors after almost being killed in a car crash in 1949 at age 36.
Woods’ crash occurred on a steep stretch of road known as an accident hotspot.
He was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol, Villanueva said.
Woods was one of the most revered athletes in the world when, in November 2009, he smashed his car into a tree and a fire hy
drant outside his Florida home, sparking a series of scandalous revelations that doomed his marriage and put his game in freefall.
In May 2017, he was arrested near his home for being asleep at the wheel of his car in a traffic lane. Woods said he had taken prescription drugs and pleaded guilty to reckless driving.
He is the winner of 82 US PGA titles, level with Sam Snead for the all-time record. –