Golf icon Tiger Woods posted video of himself hitting balls on Sunday, nine months after suffering career-threatening leg injuries in a car...
Golf icon Tiger Woods posted video of himself hitting balls on Sunday, nine months after suffering career-threatening leg injuries in a car crash in California.
“Making progress,” Woods said in the no-frills caption to the video posted on Twitter.
The 45-year-old looks at ease, wearing shorts with a compression stocking on his right leg, which was shattered when the 15-time major champion crashed his SUV in a Los Angeles suburb in February.
Woods’s latest injury drama sparked fears for the future of his career, and Twitter erupted with likes, replies and retweets of his video from fans and golf journalists.
Fellow PGA Tour pros also took note, with three-time winner Max Homa wryly noting the stir Woods’s two-second video would cause.
Making progress pic.twitter.com/sVQkxEHJmq
— Tiger Woods (@TigerWoods) November 21, 2021
“I wonder if Tiger and his crew laugh right before they post a swing video knowing the entire free world is about to lose their damn minds #golf,” Homa tweeted.
Woods’s friend and fellow pro Justin Thomas offered a heartfelt response.
Moments after tweeting how much he loved the passion Rory McIlroy displayed on the European Tour on Sunday, Thomas posted along with the Woods video: “But I think I love this more”.
Thomas said in a podcast recently that Woods was “going to try” to make a comeback.
“I know...
