“My number one goal right now is to walk on my own” Tiger Woods, in a serious road accident three months ago, spoke of his “painful” rehabilitation, in a brief interview with Golf Digest, without talking about a possible return to competition.
“My rehabilitation keeps me busy. I do my routine exercises every day and am focusing on my number one goal right now: walking on my own. I’m taking one step at a time, ”said Woods in the first interview since the February 23 accident in California, which left him with several open fractures in his right leg.
Injuries “which have absolutely nothing to do” in terms of pain compared to what he may have suffered during his career, he who notably underwent five back operations including a perilous fusion of the lumbar vertebrae in 2017. ” I understand better what the rehabilitation process involves because of my past injuries, but it is more painful than anything I have known, ”he said.
“I had so much support from people, it helped me tremendously,” added the winner of 15 Grand Slam titles. However, he refused to answer the question of whether he could play golf again.
On Tuesday, he reappeared posing with crutches – but without an orthopedic boot, replaced by compression tights on his right leg – alongside a cancer child, in a photo posted on the latter’s Instagram account.
In early April, the police had established that the golfer was driving at a “dangerous speed” , almost double the authorized limit, during his accident. He had been operated on for a long time, in particular for multiple open fractures in his right leg which required him to insert a metal rod into the tibia and screws to consolidate the bones of the foot and ankle.
Last week, U.S. Ryder Cup captain Steve Stricker said he hoped to see Tiger Woods recovered enough to serve as the captain’s assistant during the U.S.-Europe showdown at Whistling Straits in Wisconsin in September.
