Woods posts 'simply incredible' recovery update

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One swing, 2 words and 3 seconds of a video was each it took from Tiger Woods to get everyone talking Sunday astir his aboriginal connected the play course.

Woods had not made a nationalist comment astir injuries from his February 23 car accident successful Los Angeles since May, and helium didn't person a batch to connection connected Twitter.

"Making progress," was each helium said, accompanied by the video of a creaseless plaything with a wedge. Woods was wearing a achromatic compression sleeve connected his close leg, with a ample bucket half-filled with play balls connected a signifier range.

He besides had a motorboat show down him that measures specified metrics arsenic region and shot speed.

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Woods was recovering from different backmost process astatine the commencement of the twelvemonth erstwhile helium ran his SUV implicit a median and it toppled down a steep elevation connected a winding, sweeping roadworthy successful the Los Angeles suburbs connected his mode to a tv sprout a play course. Doctors said helium shattered tibia and fibula bones connected his close limb successful aggregate locations. Those were stabilised by a rod successful the tibia. A operation of screws and pins were utilized to stabilize further injuries successful the ankle and foot.

In an interrogation published May 27 successful Golf Digest, with which Woods has a fiscal deal, helium described the rehabilitation from this country arsenic "more achy than thing I person ever experienced." He said astatine the clip his apical precedence was "walking connected my own."

He took attraction of that already, with videos connected societal media successful the past period showing him walking connected play courses during inferior events.

Woods has not played since the PNC Championship with his son, Charlie, past December. His past afloat tourney was the Masters 1 twelvemonth agone successful November.

It was not wide wherefore Woods posted the video connected Sunday. He hosts the Hero World Challenge successful the Bahamas the week aft Thanksgiving.

Woods has had 10 surgeries — 4 connected his near knee, 5 connected his little backmost and the astir caller for the crushing injuries from the car mishap successful February. He turns 46 connected December 30.

He won a 3rd U.S. Open successful 2008 portion competing connected shredded ligaments successful his near genu and a treble accent fracture, and helium returned from fusion country connected his little spine successful 2017 by winning a 5th Masters successful 2019.

His past triumph was the Zozo Championship successful Japan successful the autumn of 2019, giving him 82 for his vocation connected the PGA Tour to necktie Sam Snead for the all-time record.

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