8:30 PM ET ESPN News Services Tiger Woods has been transferred to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles following the single-vehicle crash Tuesday that left him with serious leg injuries, according to a statement released Thursday. Dr. Anish Mahajan said Woods, 45, was moved from Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, which is located about 18 miles south
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The move was announced in a statement by Dr. Anish Mahajan, interim CEO/CMO of Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, on Thursday evening. “On behalf of our staff,” the statement reads, “it was an honor to provide orthopaedic trauma care to one of our generation’s greatest athletes.” Woods suffered comminuted open fractures to both the upper and lower
For the second straight year, the PGA Tour’s RBC Canadian Open appears likely to be canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, multiple sources tell Golf Digest. An official announcement on the fate of the tournament, scheduled for June 10-13 at St. George’s Golf & Country Club in Toronto, is expected within weeks. “The tour doesn’t
1:50 PM ET The burden of fame never faded, but Tiger Woods showed a softer side, a more appreciative outlook in the past few years. Never was that more than the case than in December, where the joy of a father playing golf with his son could not have been more apparent. The PNC Challenge
BRADENTON, Fla. — To nobody’s surprise, Tiger Woods’ car crash and subsequent emergency surgery continued to be the biggest story at The Concession Golf Club, site of this week’s WGC-Workday Championship. Justin Thomas appeared before the media on Tuesday moments after the news became public and appeared to be fighting off tears when asked about
7:50 PM ET This story was originally published on Nov. 27, 2019. It was updated on Feb. 24, 2021. Injuries are nothing new to Tiger Woods, but he has never faced ones as serious as his multiple leg fractures suffered in a car crash on Tuesday in Southern California. Still, he has dealt with numerous
What’s next? It is a question Tiger Woods has faced countless times over the past decade. It is a question that tackles a different beast today. As the shock of Woods’ devastating car accident transitions to the reality of his circumstance, it’s apparent Woods faces an arduous road to recovery. But a number of medical
Players in the field at this week’s Puerto Rico Open are all hoping they can follow in Viktor Hovland’s footsteps. A year ago, the rising talent from Norway rolled in a 20-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole to claim his first career PGA Tour title. The victory continued the momentum that the 23-year-old had
9:15 AM ET Tiger Woods, a 15-time major champion and winner of a record-tying 82 PGA Tour tournaments, was seriously injured in a car wreck in Los Angeles on Tuesday. Woods, 45, underwent several hours of emergency surgery to repair what doctors called “significant orthopaedic injuries” to his lower right leg and ankle. Here’s everything
The statement, released on Woods’ social channels, confirms that Woods was involved in a single-car accident this morning in Los Angeles before providing a detailed update on Woods’ condition. “Mr. Woods suffered significant orthopaedic injuries to his right lower extremity that were treated during emergency surgery by Orthopaedic trauma specialists at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, a
2:40 PM ET ESPN News Services LOS ANGELES — Golf star Tiger Woods was injured Tuesday in a vehicle rollover in Los Angeles County. “Tiger Woods was in a single-car accident this morning in California where he suffered multiple leg injuries,” his agent Mark Steinberg said. “He is currently in surgery and we thank you
I walk into the house, early afternoon, the TV still on a channel usually reporting politics, and I hear, “Breaking news. Golf pro Tiger Woods…” and I think, ‘Oh, God, what now?’ It’s a one-car rollover accident. I see Tiger’s car. It seems to have rolled up a long, rocky, barren hill. At what speed,
Tiger Woods was hospitalized after being involved in a single-car accident in Los Angeles on Tuesday morning. The extent of any potential injuries, as well as the circumstances of the accident, remain unclear. Woods, 45, was in California for a two-day content shoot with Golf Digest/GOLFTV after serving as host for the PGA Tour’s Genesis
5:50 PM ET Tiger Woods indicated in an interview with CBS’ Jim Nantz on Sunday that he’s not been doing much practicing in the wake of a fifth back surgery in December and that he was not guaranteeing being a part of the final round of the Masters in seven weeks. “I’ve got to get
The PGA Tour is making a change to its sudden-death playoff format beginning this week, according to a memo the organization sent to players on Monday. No longer will the order of play in a playoff be determined by blind draw. Instead, it will be based on a “first-to-finish, first-to-play” method. For players tied in
It was huge. It was blue. It was controversial. It was… a backstop on the 18th green at a major? At the 2020 ANA Inspiration, the hospitality tent that usually sits behind the 18th green wasn’t there. With no fans on site, there was no need for any sort of stands. The 18th is a
10:31 AM ET Charlotte GibsonESPN LPGA Tour player Madelene Sagstrom first shared her secret five years ago. For 16 years, she acted like nothing had happened. She immersed herself in golf, creating an identity on the course. But in March 2016, as she prepared for a Symetra Tour event, Sagstrom couldn’t keep it in any
When the PGA Tour makes a one-time visit this week to The Concession Golf Club in Bradenton, Fla., contestants will find one of the most penal and pernicious layouts in the Sunshine State, and that was before a couple of hundred yards or so recently were tacked onto the par-72 layout that previously measured 7,474