Tiger Woods involved in rollover car accident
Crash occurred on Jupiter Island where Woods resides, shortly after 2pm local time
Dubai: Tiger Woods was involved in a rollover car accident in Florida on Friday afternoon, authorities have confirmed.
According to the Martin County Sheriff’s Office, the crash occurred on Jupiter Island — where Woods resides — shortly after 2pm local time.
Details about the incident and the golfer’s condition have not yet been released. Sheriff John Budensiek is expected to provide an update at 5pm local time.
Officials are set to provide an update at 5pm ET.
Woods has been recovering from multiple injuries he sustained in a 2021 car crash in Southern California.
The 15-time major winner needed pins inserted in his foot and ankle and a rod in his tibia as well as a follow-up surgery in 2023.
Woods returned from the 2021 crash at the 2022 Masters, where he finished 47th despite struggling to walk Augusta National for all four rounds.
Woods, who turned 50 last December, has been working to return from an Achilles tendon rupture last March and back surgery last October.
Woods, whose 82 PGA Tour career victories is level with Sam Snead for the all-time record, has not competed at the PGA Tour level since missing the cut at the British Open at Royal Troon in July 2024.
He last made the cut at the 2024 Masters, where he finished 60th.
He competed earlier this week in the TGL simulator indoor golf league finals and had not ruled out playing in next month's Masters.
He has won five times at Augusta, including his first major title in 1997 and his most recent in 2019.
With inputs from AFP
