Tiger Woods is speaking out about his recovery process following the February car crash that left him with significant fractures to his right leg.
The 45-year-old golf star said his current rehabilitation regimen aimed at strengthening his leg is unlike any rehab he has undergone for previous injuries, in an interview published on Thursday.
“This has been an entirely different animal,” Woods told Golf Digest. “I understand more of the rehab processes because of my past injuries, but this was more painful than anything I have ever experienced.”
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Woods sustained open fractures to his right tibia and fibula bones in the accident, which required immediate surgery at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Golf Digest reported. He was then transferred to Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles before he was moved to his home in South Florida, where he is undergoing rehab.
When broached with the subject of his return to the golf course, Woods reportedly offered no comment.
“My physical therapy has been keeping me busy,” Woods said in the interview. “I do my routines every day and am focused on my No. 1 goal right now: walking on my own. Taking it one step at a time.”
Woods’s crash occurred on Feb. 23 as he was driving alone in Rancho Palos Verdes, near Los Angeles, and lost control of his vehicle.
On April 7, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office said Woods was traveling at excessive speeds, estimated to be between 84 and 87 miles per hour, well above the road’s 45 mph limit. Police said Woods would not be charged or cited in connection to the crash.
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“The decision not to issue a citation will be the exact same thing for anyone … who went through the same situation as solo traffic collision, there’s no witnesses, and infraction only,” Sheriff Alex Villanueva said at the time.
