Tiger Woods posted a video of himself hitting bullets for the first time since his car crash last February.
The golfer then suffered serious injuries to his right leg and foot.
This is the first official update he has shared since April. The three-second sequence also has the caption “Progress. “
Making progress pic.twitter.com/sVQkxEHJmq
— Tiger Woods (@TigerWoods) November 21, 2021
Woods, 45, wears a compression sock on his right leg, which is believed to improve blood flow.
Woods hasn’t played in an official tournament since the 2020 Masters Tournament, played in November.
Woods’ future in professional golf is uncertain, but golfer Justin Thomas said in a recent podcast that the 15-time major champion will “try” to make a comeback.
“I know he’s going to try,” Thomas said on the No Laying Up podcast. I don’t see him playing one day if he can’t play well. He doesn’t seem like a home playing guy who shoots a bunch of 75s and 76s and thinks, ‘OK, I’m going to try Augusta this year’. “
This image immediately sparked several thousand fan reactions, as Tiger has 6.5 million followers on Twitter. Some observers announced after his accident that he would have a hard time ever playing golf at the highest level again.
The timing of this video is not surprising: the Tiger Woods Foundation (TGR Foundation) just celebrated its 25th anniversary on November 18, and a charity tournament it is organizing in the Bahamas, the Hero World Challenge, is scheduled to begin. December with 20 guests among the best players in the world, including his compatriots Collin Morikawa, Justin Thomas and Bryson deChambeau.
On February 23, Woods was driving her car at a “dangerous” speed of 140 km / h, nearly double the allowable limit, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff, when she got off the road before performing several barrels at Ranchos Palos Verdes, near Los Angeles.
The 45-year-old former world number 1 suffered a broken right leg. That leg is in dark tights in footage aired Sunday in practice, but doesn’t stop him from hitting the ball properly.
After three weeks of hospitalization, Woods returned home to Florida where he continued his recovery. He has already recovered from almost all injuries in his 25-year career, including multiple knee and back operations, including arthrodesis, a painful fusion of vertebrae.
Woods had previously returned from multiple back surgeries to win the Masters Tournament in 2019. Woods won his fifth Masters and 15th Major title and totaled three wins after returning in 2018.
He was recovering from another minor back intervention at the time of the accident.
