Tiger Woods posts video of him practicing since February crash
Posted November 21, 2021 2:02 pm.
Last Updated November 21, 2021 3:02 pm.
Tiger Woods posted a video on social media Sunday showing him hitting a golf ball for one of the first times since his car crash nine months ago.
Under the caption “making progress,” the three-second clip marks one of the first public images of the 15-time major winner seen practicing since a February crash shattered the tibia and fibula bones in his lower right leg in multiple locations.
In the clip, Woods is seen wearing a compression sock – which is said to help blood flow – on his right leg.
Making progress pic.twitter.com/sVQkxEHJmq
— Tiger Woods (@TigerWoods) November 21, 2021
Excessive speed was to blame for the Feb. 23 crash in which Woods lost control his SUV on a downhill stretch of road outside Los Angeles. According to officials, Woods was driving 84 to 87 mph while the posted speed limit is 45 mph.
Authorities said there was no evidence of impairment or of distracted driving at the time of the crash.
The injuries suffered in the crash have thrown into doubt Woods’ professional golfing future. Scheduled to turn 46 at the end of December, he has never gone an entire year without playing golf dating back to his first PGA Tour event as a 16-year-old in high school.
In an interview published May 27 in Golf Digest, with which Woods has a financial deal, he described the rehabilitation from this surgery as “more painful than anything I have ever experienced.” He said at the time his top priority was “walking on my own.”
He took care of that already, with videos on social media in the last month showing him walking on golf courses during junior events.
Woods has not played since the PNC Championship with his son, Charlie, last December. His last full tournament was the Masters one year ago in November.
It was not clear why Woods posted the video on Sunday. He hosts the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas the week after Thanksgiving.
Woods has had 10 surgeries – four on his left knee, five on his lower back and the most recent for the crushing injuries from the car accident in February.
He won a third U.S. Open in 2008 while competing on shredded ligaments in his left knee and a double stress fracture, and he returned from fusion surgery on his lower spine in 2017 by winning a fifth Masters in 2019.
His last victory was the Zozo Championship in Japan in the fall of 2019, giving him 82 for his career on the PGA Tour to tie Sam Snead for the all-time record.
