On 1 March, {golfing} billionaire Tiger Woods made his first public assertion on Twitter since he was hospitalised following a solo rollover crash final month which left him with fractures in his leg and ankle. Following his surgical procedure, he expressed his gratitude upon seeing fellow PGA Tour Golfers and followers carrying his signature purple shirt and black pants in solidarity in the course of the WGC-Workday Championship on Sunday.
Rolling Hills Rollover Crash
On the morning of 23 February, Woods was driving his Genesis SUV on Hawthorne Boulevard at Blackhorse Street in Los Angeles when he misplaced management of his automobile and ended up in a rollover crash fracturing bones in each legs. At 7:12am (Pacific Time) that morning, the Los Angeles County Sheriff Division (LASD) responded to the incident. Deputy Carlos Gonzales, who was first on the scene, reported that Woods appeared “lucid and calm”. Upon assessing the state of affairs, they discovered that they lacked the technical ability and tools to extricate Woods from his automobile and known as the Los Angeles County Fireplace Division (LACoFD) for help at 7:22am. Personnel from LACoFD arrived at 7:28am and extricated Woods from his automobile earlier than transporting him to Harbour-UCLA Medical Heart to start surgical procedures to restore fractures in his proper leg and ankle.
The next day, a press launch was posted on Tiger Wooden’s twitter profile. It said that he had “undergone a protracted surgical process” and that he was “awake, responsive, and recovering in his hospital room”.
Seeing Crimson
Throughout the Workday Championship held in Florida on 1 March, a lot of golfers, lots of them opponents of Woods, paid tribute to him in a crimson present of solidarity. Protection of the match on Sunday confirmed many individuals decked out in Wooden’s trademark purple shirt and black pants. The listing of golfers included distinguished personalities reminiscent of Justin Thomas, Tony Finau, Rory McIlroy, and Jason Day.
In an interview with NPR, Rory McIlroy remarked, “at this stage I believe everybody ought to simply be grateful that he’s right here, that he’s alive, that his youngsters haven’t misplaced their dad. That’s an important factor. Golf is so removed from the equation proper now, it’s not even on the map at this level.”
At 8:45am (PT) on Sunday, Woods tweeted for the primary time because the accident, thanking fellow golfers and followers for his or her help throughout this powerful time.
Woods has since been transferred to Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre for “follow-up procedures on his accidents” on 27 February and is “recovering and in good spirits”.