The world’s top golfer, Tiger Woods, was hurt in a serious traffic accident.
Woods’ life in recent years has been like a roller coaster: a high-profile divorce, spinal surgery, depression and winning the majors. And now, a scary car accident.
The first billionaire athlete was involved in a serious car accident in Rancho Palos Verdes, California. Rescuers had to pull Tiger out with hydraulic shears. He was alone in the vehicle.
Woods was hospitalized after the accident. According to the athlete’s agent, Mark Steinberg, he was diagnosed with serious leg injuries. Woods, 45, will undergo emergency surgery.
Pill mix.
This isn’t the first traffic accident involving a great golfer. In 2017, the star’s scratched-up car was pulled over by police officers. When Woods was asked to step out of the car, he was found to be in an unstable state. Tests revealed a mix of pills in the player’s system, most of which were antidepressants. Immediately after the public accusations and bail, Tiger went to rehab.
It’s worth noting that during those years (2014-2017), Woods experienced serious health problems. He underwent four major spinal surgeries. To survive the pain, he constantly took strong painkillers and antidepressants. In the end this resulted in severe depression, which ended in a traffic accident near Miami.
Cheating and a $100 million divorce
By then, Woods had fallen out of the world’s top 1,000. At the same time, his lawyers were dealing with his divorce proceedings with Hélène Nordegren, with whom Woods had two children. The ex-wife revealed that the golfer regularly cheated on her with mistresses around the world. Woods admitted the allegations, paid Hélène $100 million, and lost custody of the children.
Against this backdrop, it seemed that the king of golf, whose name was known around the world, would never return to the big game. But Tiger did the nearly impossible. After a year of forced rehab, he managed to restart his career. In August, he was second at the Majors, and in September 2018, he won a major on the PGA Tour in Atlanta.
It was the American’s first success in more than five years. Gradually, Tiger reclaimed his position in the rankings and won one of the four majors of the season in Augusta in April 2019. Before that, he won the most prestigious tournaments in his sport back in 2005 (he has a total of 15 slams, more than only Jack Nicklaus – 18). Tiger was back in the top 15, and sponsors wanted to work with Woods again. Life seemed to be getting better.
HBO will explain why Woods needed 121 mistresses
This year, HBO launched a two-part documentary about Woods, which many sports fans enjoyed even more than “The Last Dance” (the Michael Jordan mini-series). The picture is aimed at a wide audience, tells about the difficult path of a golfer to the top, his difficult relationship with his father, sex addiction, the test of big money, numerous groupies.
In all, the creators took 250 exclusive interviews, but Woods himself and his ex-wife Helen refused to participate in the project. The film criticized and agent player Mark Steinberg, calling the HBO movie an attempt to desecrate the name of one of the greatest athletes in the world. Woods himself refrained from commenting.
On Tuesday, Tiger was involved in a serious car accident. We want to believe that the legend will get out of this story and still please his fans with a bright game.
It is worth noting that besides Woods, only three athletes have made $1 billion during their careers. According to Forbes, they are Michael Jordan, Floyd Mayweather and Cristiano Ronaldo. Roger Federer is very close to that figure.
