{"id":184416,"date":"2021-03-01T11:00:49","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T16:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=184416"},"modified":"2021-03-01T11:00:54","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T16:00:54","slug":"tiger-woods-makes-first-comments-since-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tiger-woods-makes-first-comments-since-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiger Woods Makes First Comments Since Accident"},"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\">14<\/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-makes-first-comments-since-accident%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=184416&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/woods-2.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Tiger Woods was missing from the final round of this week\u2019s PGA tournament, but his signature red-and-black outfit for final rounds was not.<\/p>\n<p>More than half a dozen professional golfers donned red shirts and black pants during the last round of the WCG-Workday Championship in Florida, prompting Woods to make his first comments since his terrible car crash last week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is hard to explain how touching today was when I turned on the tv and saw all the red shirts,\u201d the 45-year-old Woods wrote Sunday on Twitter from his hospital bed.\u00a0 \u201cTo every golfer and every fan, you are truly helping me get through this tough time.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It is hard to explain how touching today was when I turned on the tv and saw all the red shirts. To every golfer and every fan, you are truly helping me get through this tough time.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tiger Woods (@TigerWoods) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TigerWoods\/status\/1366187915542413315?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 1, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Tiger\u2019s tweet was liked nearly half a million times.<\/p>\n<p>The 15-time major champion suffered devastating injuries in a car accident last week in California. He has undergone one surgery to fix the compound fractures in his leg suffered during the rollover and more surgeries are expected.<\/p>\n<p>Pro golfers Rory McIlroy, Justin Thomas, Jon Rahm, Jason Day, Tony Finau, Patrick Reed, Tommy Fleetwood, Cameron Champ and Sebastian Munoz were among the golfers to don Tiger\u2019s final round outfit. Other golfers, including Bryson DeChambeau and Matt Kuchar, along with Day, played Bridgestone golf balls with Woods\u2019 name on them.<\/p>\n<p>DeChambeau\u00a0 tweeted a picture of a golf ball with the name \u201cTiger\u201d and a red line on it. \u201cWe\u2019re pulling for you @tigerwoods. A mentor, idol and role model to my career, there\u2019s no one that could come out of this stronger. We are glad you\u2019re here. See you soon,\u201d DeChambeau wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, at a second pro tournament in Puerto Rico, everyone on the grounds crew wore red and black outfits. And many of the women golfers at Gainbridge LPGA event in Orlando also wore \u201cSunday red,\u201d the association tweeted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It\u2019s a \u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TigerWoods?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TigerWoods<\/a>\u2069 Sunday for the maintenance staff at the \u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PuertoRicoOpen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PuertoRicoOpen<\/a>\u2069. \u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PGATOUR?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PGATOUR<\/a>\u2069 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OheyF4o1N8\">pic.twitter.com\/OheyF4o1N8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PGA TOUR Communications (@PGATOURComms) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PGATOURComms\/status\/1366035653906096128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The PGA Tour tweeted out a montage of Tiger in his Sunday outfit, along with the players who wore the colors on Sunday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"da\" dir=\"ltr\">For Tiger \u2764\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9sMqbOIUoS\">pic.twitter.com\/9sMqbOIUoS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PGATOUR\/status\/1366194510628347904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 1, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Woods has said that early in his career, his mother, Tida, suggested he wear the color combination and he\u2019s done so ever since.<\/p>\n<p>Finau went one step further, wearing his Nike hat backward as Woods often does when he arrives at tournaments, <a class href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/golf\/story\/_\/id\/30979864\/several-pga-tour-golfers-wear-red-honor-tiger-woods\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">ESPN\u00a0<\/a>reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI heard earlier quite a few guys were going to do it. I for sure felt like it would just be a nice touch,\u201d Finau said. \u201cWe\u2019ve enjoyed so many Sundays watching Tiger do his thing. Red and black, that\u2019s what Tiger does on Sundays, so to just join in and just let Tiger know we\u2019re supporting him in the best way we can.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Collin Morikawa, who planned to join other players in honoring Woods but the clothes from his apparel company didn\u2019t arrive in time, won Sunday\u2019s event, then praised Woods.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTiger means everything to me,\u201d Morikawa said. \u201cI hope he is all right and makes a quick recovery. Sometimes we don\u2019t say thank you enough, and I wanted to say thank you to Tiger. Sometimes you lose people too early. I lost my grandpa about a month ago, and you don\u2019t get to say thank you enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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