Tiger Woods’ career was marked by moments of genius, a forever change in the history of golf and a much greater visibility of the sport, which began to revolve around his talent.
But also, especially since 2009, Tiger had to fight against the extra-sporting circumstances that slowed down his career and thatThey even feared he would stop playing. Like now, when he recovers from a serious car accident in which he suffered multiple fractures to his right leg and ankle.
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Tiger is frustrated by what happened. But according to People magazine, he decided to return to the field. A mission that seems difficult because of the severity of the accident and because Tiger is already 45 years old. He has already confessed to his girlfriend, Erica Herman, and his agent, Mark Steinberg, that he will do his best to play again.
He’s already done it twice in his career. The first, when he had to stop alone vina. On November 27, 2009, he suffered another traffic accident when he collided with his truck. He only suffered facial cuts, but later it became known that The accident happened after a sentimental dispute. Shortly afterwards, he announced an indefinite retirement to dedicate to his family. He returned to the game at five months, but the scandal cost him his marriage.
Tiger’s other martyrdom in his career was injury. In old age, he came even to win tournaments with physical problems, like when he won, on one leg and pain, the US Open in 2008.
Having back problems, he underwent three unsuccessful operations. In 2017 he took a risky decision: a new operation involving a fusion of the vertebrae. Few bet on a successful comeback and fewer when, on May 29, 2017, Woods He was arrested by police in Jupiter (Florida, USA), accused of driving under the influence of toxic substances.
This is the car Tiger Woods was in after the accident.
The press reports claimed that he was driving while intoxicated. The reality is that Tiger could not bear the pain and ended up mixing drugs to try to get relief.
After a lot of therapy, stop hitting with golf clubs and a job Huge, Tiger tried to be his old man in 2018: he closed the year winning the Tour Championship and in 2019 he won the Augusta Masters again.
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Tiger was on hiatus again when he had an accident today in a hospital (see box). He had undergone surgery again for back pain.
To return to? A fan of his, named Barack Obama (former president of the United States), said: “If we have learned anything over the years, it is never to dismiss Tiger.”
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