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Tiger Woods has stated that “it can’t end like this” as he struggles to overcome career-threatening injuries.
The 15-time Major winner was involved in a car accident in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
Woods is currently being treated at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center as his career is on the line.
The 45-year-old has had to overcome serious injury problems in the past after enjoying a rapid early promotion.
Woods once again led the world of golf when he won the Masters in 2019.
And a source close to Woods said he was “frustrated” and blurted out to People magazine: “He doesn’t want his career to end like this.”
The unidentified source also said: “This is a major setback, and he knows it, but he has overcome obstacles in the past and believes he can do it again.”
He made the promise from his hospital bed when his girlfriend Erica Herman, agent Mark Steinberg’s caddy Joe LaCava came to check on him.
Woods needed to be removed from the scene of his accident by firefighters and paramedics.
He suffered open leg fractures and underwent immediate surgery in which a rod was placed in his tibia and screws were inserted into his foot and ankle.
Los Angeles County Sheriff Carlos Gonzalez has said Woods was “lucky to be alive.”
It’s less than six weeks until the Masters lands at Augusta National.
Woods missed the first Major of the year in 2016 and 2017 due to surgery before winning it two years ago.
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He said after that victory that he had “serious doubts” about playing again, but was able to overcome adversity.
“I was very lucky to have another opportunity to do something that I love to do. I had serious doubts after what happened a couple of years ago,” Woods said.
“I couldn’t lie down, I couldn’t do much. I had a procedure that gave me the opportunity to have a normal life.
“Suddenly I realized I could swing a club again. I felt like if I could somehow put this together, I still had the hands to do it. The body is not the same, but I still had good hands.”
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