know that the pga tour has released a
statement uh
shortly after hearing of this news and
i'm quoting here we've been made aware
of tiger woods car accident today
we're awaiting further information when
he comes out of surgery on behalf of the
pga tour and our players
tiger is in our prayers and will have
the full support as he
recovers uh abby hornacek with us right
now fox nation host host of
getting school podcasts much much for
fox news radio
um abby what can you tell us what have
you heard
well neil so far you've had some
excellent reporting on this like
everyone mentioned this story still is
unfolding one thing
that i do want to mention following up
on bill's report from kt tv
about 40 minutes ago they were reporting
just based on technology that they've
used
that from the moment that tiger might
have hit something or lost control of
the vehicle to where the car ended up
with about 500 feet so
granted that's given uh with the
technology used it could be some error
but just to give context on how serious
this car crash
could have been do we
know i know this whole event uh you know
was uh
you know a golf event you know
you know in the big picture here we do
know um that he was
wrestling with these back issues that
were likely going to take him out of
uh this year's master's tournament but
he won back in in 2019
do we know anything else about this or
for that matter as i've been raising
with other guests abby where he was
going
uh so far it's no one really knows
exactly where he was going but like you
mentioned he was
playing a tournament and i think the
most important thing out of all that
knowledge to note
is that he was trying to make this
comeback after yet another back surgery
he's had i think
five back surgeries that we know of and
i'm sure other
surgeries and injuries along the way and
you know right now i think all we can do
is focus on
him recovering and getting better and i
know everyone wants to go exactly to
all right is he going to return to the
game of golf because especially right
now with all of our country
um what we're going through we turn to
sports we turn to these heroes that
we've seen like kobe bryant and i think
um you know we want something to cheer
for right now we're definitely cheering
for tiger woods in his recovery
and if we were going to look at the
course of his career he's really been
a comeback player you look back at it at
2008 and he won his
his last masters and then he had an 11
year drought then in 2019 he won at
augustine
just this huge moment he's been through
so many ups and downs in his
his life he's been through scandals he's
been through under injuries but he's
come back
stronger and he's also been through a
lot of ups and downs in his career
so he's resilient um his dad was a green
beret and
we know that he's had some military
training in that sense so
we hope that he can he can use that to
get better
neil and our thoughts and prayers go out
to him and his family
you know abby i'm so glad you said that
we're so good will he go back to playing
golf how about just
you know getting through this living
another day to enjoy himself and his you
know
his kids and what have you um you've got
the priorities right
we are hearing abby that um you know a
number of other players
uh including fellow tourist star justin
thomas
uh have been issuing statements on his
behalf on tiger woods behalf
when asked about the accident earlier
today he said
uh i'm sick to my stomach it hurts to
see one of your closest friends
get an accident i just hope he's all
right i'm just worried for his kids i'm
sure
they are struggling um you know the the
golf community i think you've reported
in the past abby is a very
close-knit one it is a grueling schedule
for those who are at its uppermost here
you know uh tier uh tiger woods
certainly has been
in that spot for decades so there's a
camaraderie and
understanding competitive as they are
with each other to feel for each other
look out for each other
um what have you heard from the golf
world and
and those who now are shocked about this
latest
tragedy for for tiger woods who's
certainly known as sharon
right well i think just like any sports
community like you said it is
you know everyone uh is is they are
friends i should say and
you know i think people are starting to
tweet they don't want to tweet too soon
because they don't know
the amount of details and i'm sure other
athletes are crafting their responses as
we speak since this did just happen this
morning
but again if we could learn anything
from the sports community
we can really come together as one and
just because your opponents doesn't mean
you're not friends off the court off the
field off the golf course
and sometimes when you're an opponent
and you're challenging another person
that opponent then gains so much more
respect for you and i think tiger woods
was
that way for so many people and he's
been in the game for so long he's also a
role model so
i think we're going to see more people
tweeting out neil and really thinking
about tiger during this time
thank you abby very very much and for
prioritizing what's important in these
sort of events here
again for