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Tiger Woods Declines Broadcast Role At US Open, Still Recovering
Tiger Woods is still recovering from serious injuries after a single-vehicle crash in Palos Verdes earlier this year, according to reports.
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RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CA — Golf legend Tiger Woods continues to recover from a single-vehicle crash in Palos Verdes that left him seriously injured and declined an offer to broadcast from the 2021 U.S. Open this week, according to Bleacher Report.
"He didn't want to do it, and I totally understand his situation," Dan Hicks of NBC Sports said. "There is a lot going on in his world right now and there's also a part of Tiger that doesn't want to become this, I don't want to, for lack of a better word, a sideshow at an event where we should be concentrating on what's happening."
Woods drove up to 87 miles per hour before crashing into a median and flipping his SUV near the border of Rolling Hills Estates and Rancho Palos Verdes in the morning of Feb. 23, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
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He suffered significant leg injuries and underwent emergency surgery by orthopedic trauma specialists at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. Woods has been recovering at home in Florida following the serious injuries in the crash.
Speed was a primary cause of the crash, officials said.
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No evidence of any impairment was found, L.A. County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said.
Woods drove from 84 to 87 mph and struggled to negotiate the curve of the roadway, which is a problem area for local drivers, the department said. He crashed into a tree at a speed of 75 mph, the department said.
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