Tiger Woods was in a serious one-car accident on Tuesday and suffered significant leg injuries. Here is the latest.
Tiger Woods, a 15-time major champion and winner of a record-tying 82 PGA Tour tournaments, was seriously injured in a car wreck in Los Angeles on Tuesday. Woods,45, underwent several hours of emergency surgery to repair what doctors called « significant orthopaedic injuries » to his lower right leg and ankle. Here’s everything we know about the accident and Woods’ condition as of Wednesday morning: In a statement posted to Tiger’s Twitter account at 12:30 a.m. ET on Wednesday, Dr. Anish Mahajan, the chief medical officer and interim CEO of Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, said Woods suffered comminuted open fractures — bones that were broken into more than two pieces and with breaks in the skin — in the upper and lower portions of the tibia and fibula of his right leg. pic.twitter.com/vZitnFV0YA Mahajan said surgeons there placed a rod into the tibia of Woods’ right leg, and they used a combination of screws and pins to stabilize injuries to his foot and ankle. Mahajan said Woods also suffered trauma to the muscle and soft tissue of his right leg, which required surgeons to release « the covering of the muscles to relieve pressure due to swelling. » Mahajan’s statement did not include details about Woods’ left leg. In an earlier statement on Tuesday, Woods’ agent, Mark Steinberg, said he suffered « multiple leg injuries. » The statement said Woods was « awake, responsive, and recovering » after surgery. Members of the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department and the Los Angeles County Fire Department describe the scene of Tiger Woods’ single-car crash. Woods was involved in a single-car accident just after 10 a.m. ET on Tuesday near the border of Rolling Hills Estates and Rancho Palos Verdes, about 30 miles south of downtown Los Angeles. Woods was the sole occupant of a 2021 Genesis GV80 SUV at the time of the wreck. During a news conference on Tuesday, L.A. County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said Woods was traveling northbound on Hawthorne Boulevard at a « relatively greater speed than normal » while descending a steep hill in an area that has a « high frequency of accidents. » He said there were no skid marks in the road and no signs that Woods attempted to brake.
