Tiger Woods had nothing to say about the traffic accident he suffered in February and smashed his leg. He also does not know what his future will be in golf, only that there’s still a long way to go before making any decisions about whether to compete against the best in the world again.
“I can show up here and host the tournament, I can play a par 3. I can hit some balls, I can hit putts,” he said yesterday. “But we are talking about going out and playing against the best in the world in the most difficult fields in the most difficult conditions ”.
Woods spoke to the press for the first time since the car accident. 23 of February on a winding road in the suburbs of Los Angeles. The police indicated that he was traveling 135 kilometers per hour when he ran over a median and his SUV went down a steep hill.
Asked about the accident, Woods replied curtly:
“All these questions have been answered by research, then you can read it in the police report. “
To another question about whether he had memories of the traumatic moment, he replied: “No, I do not have them. Very lucky in that sense”.
Also felt lucky to be alive and still walking with his right leg. He walked into the press center in the Albany Golf Club, doing so without limping.
Woods is the host of the Hero World Challenge, a tournament that will start tomorrow and that brings together 20 top-level players on the tour, including the Mexican Abraham Ancer.
Tiger Woods and his immobilized time
Told that spent three months immobilized —Laid in a hospital bed that was installed in his Florida residence— before getting back on crutches and eventually walking on their own. Two weeks ago, he posted a video swinging a short iron.
By putting cold cloths to the possibility of an immediate return to the competitions, he said: “I’m far from it, right now, I haven’t decided if I want to get there. I have to see how the leg is to make a decision and then we will see if I can do that ”.
Woods indicated that he would not contest a full schedule again, but that you could still choose a few tournaments a year.
Will Tiger Woods be at the Augusta Masters?
He mentioned that it is demasiado prematuro talk about the possibility of competing in a Augusta Masters, tournament that won in 2019 after undergoing back surgery.
“I don’t think the leg will ever be what it was before, therefore I will never have the back that I used to have and the clock keeps ticking, “acknowledged Woods, who will turn 46 on December 30.
“I’ve come back from surgeries before, I’ve come back from long periods without playing and I have won or have come close to winning. So I know the recipe, “he said. “I just have to get to the point where I feel comfortable enough that I can do it again.” – AP
