*Tiger Woods is speaking out about how his relationship with his kids, son, Charlie, and daughter Sam has been vital during his recovery following a 2021 car crash.
“Each and every day,” Woods said recently at the PNC Championship, where he played with his son. “Just to be able to see their faces and see their smiles and to hear their words of encouragement,” Woods added.
As EURweb previously reported, Woods was driving 84-87 mph in a 45-mph zone when he crashed his SUV in Rolling Hills Estates, Calif., in February 2021. Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said Woods failed to maintain the curvature of the road. The sports icon likely accidentally pressed the gas pedal instead of the brake pedal before the crash, according to LASD Lomita Station Captain James Powers, per Insider.
Woods never hit the brakes as he careened off the road, and there’s no evidence he took his foot off the gas.
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Woods called the near-fatal crash the most painful experience of his life.
“This has been an entirely different animal,” Woods told Golf Digest in 2021. “I understand more of the rehab processes because of my past injuries, but this was more painful than anything I have ever experienced.”
Speaking after the first round at the PNC Championship with Charlie this weekend, Woods spoke of his recovery, saying “I’ve had some tough days, as he’s known,” he said, referring to his son, “but just to have their support and their love — you know, I’m not going to get teary-eyed here — but it has meant so much to me to be able to get to this point in life. And forget the stage that we’re playing on, but just to get to this point in life.”
Woods previously noted that it is not likely he will be a full-time golfer following the car crash that left him with several injuries.
“I think something that is realistic is playing the tour one day — never full time, ever again — but pick and choose, just like Mr. [Ben] Hogan did. Pick and choose a few events a year and you play around that,” he told Golf Digest, referencing golfer Ben Hogan, who was hospitalized in 1949 following a car accident with a bus.
“You practice around that, and you gear yourself up for that. I think that’s how I’m going to have to play it from now on,” Woods explained. “It’s an unfortunate reality, but it’s my reality. And I understand it, and I accept it.”
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