Tiger ‘getting stronger every day’ recovering at home after car crash

Tiger Woods is out of hospital and recovering at home after his car accident.

Woods underwent surgery on open fractures to his lower right leg and further injuries to his foot and ankle following a single-vehicle accident in Los Angeles on February 23.

And last night the 15time golf major winner confirmed he had taken the next step in his rehabilitation.

“Happy to report that I am back home and continuing my recovery,” the 45-year-old said in a statement on his Twitter feed.

Woods added: “I am so grateful for the outpouring of support and encouragement that I have received over the past few weeks.

“Thank you to the incredible surgeons, doctors, nurses and staff at Harbor-ucla Medical Center and Cedars-sinai Medical Center. You have all taken such great care of me and I cannot thank you enough.

“I will be recovering at home and working on getting stronger every day.”

Meanwhile, Masters champion Dustin Johnson feels his game is in “pretty good” shape as he prepares to head back to Augusta National just five months after his recordbreaking victory.

The world No 1 shot a superb 20 under par last

November to claim the green jacket and deliver a second major.

Johnson won the Saudi International during February, but failed to make an impact at the World Golf Championships and was tied for 48th in last week’s Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass.

But the 36-year-old believes it is just a matter of addressing fine margins as he focuses on returning to Augusta in April.

“I feel like it’s really close. Last week at the Players, I felt like I played pretty good, I just made a lot of mental mistakes, just a little bit of everything,” said Johnson yesterday.

“I just didn’t score very well. I played good enough every day to have a chance to win on Sunday, but was just kind of giving away shots, which is real uncharacteristic, but we will get it worked out.

“But the game feels like it’s in pretty good form and it is really close to being really good again.”

Johnson, the 2016 US Open champion, maintains there will be no extra pressure in April 2021, when he hopes the Masters will feel a bit more “normal”, with a limited number of spectators planned to be in attendance.

He said: “The Masters will feel like it’s back, and it will feel the same. I’m definitely looking forward to that.”