{"id":1068904,"date":"2021-11-30T14:30:06","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T19:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1068904"},"modified":"2021-11-30T14:30:10","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T19:30:10","slug":"tiger-woods-discusses-recovery-in-first-public-appearance-since-february-car-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tiger-woods-discusses-recovery-in-first-public-appearance-since-february-car-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiger Woods Discusses Recovery In First Public Appearance Since February Car Crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftiger-woods-discusses-recovery-in-first-public-appearance-since-february-car-crash%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1068904&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In his first public appearance since his horrific February car crash, Tiger Woods shot down any questions regarding the accident, instead focusing on his recovery and golf future.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, all those answers have been answered in the investigation, so you can read about all that there in the post report,\u201d Woods said when asked about the crash.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Woods, who has had 10 surgeries in his career, told reporters that this particular recovery has been more difficult than the others.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis one\u2019s been much more difficult. The knee stuff that I had on my left knee, those operations were one thing, that\u2019s one level,\u201d Woods said. \u201cThen you add the back, that\u2019s another level. And then with this right leg, it\u2019s hard to explain how difficult it has been just to be immobile for the three months. I just lay there and I was just looking forward to getting outside. That was a goal of mine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been tough at times \u2014 some dark moments \u2014 but then again, as I was making progress through it too, I could see some light,\u201d Woods continued. \u201cAnd that was giving me hope. I\u2019m able to participate more with my kids and their activities. And life in general. As I said, I\u2019m on the positive side.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Golf Digest published an interview with Woods in which the 15-time major winner said that playing on the PGA Tour full time would never happen again.&nbsp;When asked about when he\u2019ll make his return to the course on Tuesday, Woods was noncommittal.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll put it to you this way: As far as playing at the Tour level, I don\u2019t know when that\u2019s going to happen,\u201d he said. \u201cNow, I\u2019ll play a round here or there, a little hit-and-giggle. I can do something like that \u2026 \u201c&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt least I\u2019m able to do it again. That\u2019s something that for a while there it didn\u2019t look like I was going to. Now I\u2019m able to participate in the sport of golf. Now, to what level, I do not know that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked about his career being altered because of injury, Woods said that coming back from back surgery in 2017 to win the 2019 Masters has made it easier for him to accept.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got that last major, and I ticked off two more events along the way,\u201d Woods said. \u201cI don\u2019t foresee this leg ever being what it used to be, hence I\u2019ll never have the back what it used to be, and [the] clock\u2019s ticking. I\u2019m getting older, I\u2019m not getting any younger. All that combined means that a full schedule and a full practice schedule and the recovery that it would take to do that, no, I don\u2019t have any desire to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut to ramp up for a few events a year as I alluded to yesterday, like Mr. [Ben] Hogan did, he did a pretty good job of it, and there\u2019s no reason that I can\u2019t do that and feel ready,\u201d he continued. \u201cI\u2019ve come off surgeries before, I\u2019ve come off long layoffs and I\u2019ve won or come close to winning before. So, I know the recipe for it. I\u2019ve just got to get to a point where I feel comfortable enough where I can do that again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Woods\u2019 full interview can be seen below.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tournament host <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TigerWoods?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TigerWoods<\/a> meets with the media at the Hero World Challenge. \ud83c\udfa4 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8T05NMTFKf\">https:\/\/t.co\/8T05NMTFKf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PGATOUR\/status\/1465682814658035718?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Joe Morgan is the Sports Reporter for The Daily Wire. Most recently, Morgan covered the Clippers, Lakers, and the NBA for Sporting News. Send your sports questions to&nbsp;sports@dailywire.com.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In his first public appearance since his horrific February car crash, Tiger Woods shot down any questions regarding the accident, instead focusing on his recovery and golf future.\u00a0\u201cYeah, all those answers have been answered in the investigation, so you can read about all that there in the post report,\u201d Woods said when asked about the crash.\u00a0Woods, who has had 10 surgeries in his career, told reporters that this particular recovery has been more difficult than the others.\u00a0\u201cThis one\u2019s been much more difficult. The knee stuff that I had on my left knee, those operations were one thing, that\u2019s one level,\u201d Woods said. \u201cThen you add the back, that\u2019s another level. And then with this right leg, it\u2019s hard to explain how difficult it has been just to be immobile for the three months. I just lay there and I was just looking forward to getting outside. That was a goal of mine.\u201d\u201cIt\u2019s been tough at times \u2014 some dark moments \u2014 but then again, as I was making progress through it too, I could see some light,\u201d Woods continued. \u201cAnd that was giving me hope. I\u2019m able to participate more with my kids and their activities. And life in general. As I said, I\u2019m on the positive side.\u201dOn Monday, Golf Digest published an interview with Woods in which the 15-time major winner said that playing on the PGA Tour full time would never happen again.\u00a0When asked about when he\u2019ll make his return to the course on Tuesday, Woods was noncommittal.\u00a0\u201cI\u2019ll put it to you this way: As far as playing at the Tour level, I don\u2019t know when that\u2019s going to happen,\u201d he said. \u201cNow, I\u2019ll play a round here or there, a little hit-and-giggle. I can do something like that \u2026 \u201c\u00a0\u201cAt least I\u2019m able to do it again. That\u2019s something that for a while there it didn\u2019t look like I was going to. Now I\u2019m able to participate in the sport of golf. Now, to what level, I do not know that.\u201dWhen asked about his career being altered because of injury, Woods said that coming back from back surgery in 2017 to win the 2019 Masters has made it easier for him to accept.\u00a0\u201cI got that last major, and I ticked off two more events along the way,\u201d Woods said. \u201cI don\u2019t foresee this leg ever being what it used to be, hence I\u2019ll never have the back what it used to be, and [the] clock\u2019s ticking. I\u2019m getting older, I\u2019m not getting any younger. All that combined means that a full schedule and a full practice schedule and the recovery that it would take to do that, no, I don\u2019t have any desire to do that.\u201d\u201cBut to ramp up for a few events a year as I alluded to yesterday, like Mr. [Ben] Hogan did, he did a pretty good job of it, and there\u2019s no reason that I can\u2019t do that and feel ready,\u201d he continued. \u201cI\u2019ve come off surgeries before, I\u2019ve come off long layoffs and I\u2019ve won or come close to winning before. So, I know the recipe for it. I\u2019ve just got to get to a point where I feel comfortable enough where I can do that again.\u201dWoods\u2019 full interview can be seen below.\u00a0Tournament host @TigerWoods meets with the media at the Hero World Challenge. \ud83c\udfa4 https:\/\/t.co\/8T05NMTFKf\u2014 PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) November 30, 2021Joe Morgan is the Sports Reporter for The Daily Wire. Most recently, Morgan covered the Clippers, Lakers, and the NBA for Sporting News. Send your sports questions to\u00a0sports@dailywire.com.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1068904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1068904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/88"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1068904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1068904\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1068904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1068904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1068904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}