THE BREAKING NEWS ALERT. ♪
>>MARY BAER: AND THAT BREAKING NEWS IS IN LOS ANGELES ALL EYES ON TIGER WOODS IS IN SURGERY
AFTER FLIPPING HIS CAR. TAKE A
LOOK AT THIS VIDEO WHICH SHOWS
THE VEHICLE THERE WITH
MAJOR DAMAGE AND JUST LEARNED
IN THE PAST 20 MINUTES THAT
WITH INJURIES ARE NOT LIFE
THREATENING AND IN ONE HOUR, A
NEWS CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD IN
CALIFORNIA TO GIVE MORE
INFORMATION SINCE THE CRASH PRO
GOLFERS HAVE BEEN REACTING TO
THE NEWS AS THE PGA TOUR’S
RETURNING TO FLORIDA THIS WEEK.
>> AND THE PLAYERS JUST A
COUPLE
WEEKS AWAY. OUR COVERAGE BEGINS
TONIGHT WITH CHART ARE TAKING
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A CLOSER LOOK AT THE CRASH
SCENE AND WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT
TIGER’S CONDITION.
>>TARIK MINOR: WELL TIGER WOODS
AGENT SAYS TIGER SUFFERED
MULTIPLE LEG INJURIES AND IS
CURRENTLY IN SURGERY, THIS IS
AN AERIAL LOOK OF THE CRASH
SITE AND YOU
CAN SEE THE CAR ROLLED OVER AND
AS YOU TAKE A LOOK IN THE
CAMERA ACTUALLY PULLS OUT AWAY
FROM
THE SCENE. YOU CAN SEE JUST HOW
FAR OFF THE ROAD TIGERS
VEHICLE WENT AND THIS IS THE
SIGN IT APPEARS THE TIGERS
VEHICLE TOOK OUT THE SIGN THAT
SAYS WELCOME TO THE ROLLING
HILLS ESTATES AND OBVIOUSLY
THERE’S MORE DEBRIS THERE ON
THE ROAD AND ON THE SIDE OF THE
ROAD IT IS UNCLEAR RIGHT NOW
WHAT CAUSED THE ACCIDENT.
BUT POLICE
ARE INVESTIGATING YOU MAY
REMEMBER WOODS WAS ARRESTED ON
A DUI IN 2017.
HE HAD TO SLEEP DRUGS TO
PAINKILLERS IN THE ACTIVE
INGREDIENT FOR MARIJUANA IN A
SYSTEM NOW BACK IN 2009.
HE CRASHED HIS SUV DURING AN
INCIDENT AT HIS HOUSE IN
ORLANDO. THE 15 TIME MAJOR
CHAMPION WAS IN LOS ANGELES FOR
HIS ANNUAL TOURNAMENT. THE
GENESIS INVITATIONAL THESE ARE
SOME PHOTOS FROM SUNDAY
BEFORE PRESENTING THE TROPHY TO
THE WINNER MAX HOMA
WOODS DID AN INTERVIEW WITH CBS
ABOUT HOW HE’S RECOVERING FROM
HIS 5TH BACK SURGERY, WOODS
SAYS HE’S FEELING FINE BUT
STILL NEEDS ANOTHER MRI BEFORE
HE CAN START
SWINGING SWINGING. A GOLF CLUB
AGAIN NOW HE WAS UNABLE TO SAY
IF HE WOULD BE HEALTHY ENOUGH
TO RETURN FOR THE MASTERS IN
APRIL, TIGER SAID HE WASN’T
SURE HOW MUCH WIGGLE ROOM HE
HAD LEFT IN HIS BACK AND WAS
LEAVING THAT UP TO HIS DOCTORS
AND THE SURGEONS WILL KEEP YOU
POSTED ON THIS STORY CAN ALL
RIGHT. THANK YOU TARIK SO
REACTION TO THE CRASH CONTINUES
TO POUR INTO OUR
NEWSROOM TONIGHT.
>>TARIK MINOR: COLE PEPPER
STANDING BY WITH WHAT FELLOW
PLAYERS AND OTHERS IN THE WORLD
OF SPORTS ARE SAYING ABOUT
THIS COLD.
>> WELL, THE NEWS IS
DEVASTATING FOR MANY PEOPLE THE
WORLD OF GOLF CONSIDERING TIGER
AND CAPTURED HIS 15TH MAJOR
TITLE AT THE MASTERS LESS THAN
2 YEARS AGO.
TIGER WAS ALSO ACTIVELY
INVOLVED IN HELPING HIS SON
CHARLIE WITH HIS GOLF GAME.
THE 2 PLAYED IN THE ANNUAL
FATHER SON TOURNAMENT
IN DECEMBER. THE PGA TOUR
RELEASED A
STATEMENT READS WE HAVE BEEN
MADE AWARE OF TIGER WOODS CAR
ACCIDENT TODAY WE ARE AWAITING
FURTHER INFORMATION
WHEN HE COMES OUT OF SURGERY ON
BEHALF OF THE PGA TOUR AND
OUR PLAYERS. TIGER IS IN OUR
PRAYERS AND WE’LL HAVE OUR FULL
SUPPORT AS HE RECOVERS
IN JUST THE LAST HOUR FELLOW
GOLFER AND CURRENT U.S. OPEN
CHAMPION BRYSON DECHAMBEAU
WROTE ON TWITTER QUOTE
HEARTBROKEN AND SHOCKED TO HEAR
ABOUT TIGER WOODS ACCIDENT
TODAY. MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS
ARE WITH HIM FOR A FULL
RECOVERY.
WITHIN JUST THE PAST HOUR.
WE SPOKE LIVE WITH PRO GOLFER
LED THE TC LIVES IN NORTHEAST
FLORIDA. AND CERTAINLY KNOWS
TIGER. HE SPOKE ABOUT INJURIES
IN A CRASH LIKE THIS
AND HOW IT COULD IMPACT A
GOLFER’S ABILITY TO SIMPLY PLAY
THE GAME.
>> YES, SOME TYPE OF ACCIDENT
LIKE THIS WITH IT.
EXTREME WITH THE ROLL OVER.
AND THE LOOK OF THAT CAR BE.
DEMOLISHED. I JUST
HOPE THAT HE’S ABLE TO COME
BACK FROM THE.
>> AS TARIK MENTIONED THERE WAS
A THOUGHT THE TIGER MIGHT BE
ABLE TO GET BACK IN TIME FOR
THE MASTERS IN APRIL
THERE WAS NO TALK THAT HE WOULD
RETURN FOR THE PLAYERS, THE
PREVIOUS MONTH IN MARCH FOR NOW
WE WAIT TO SEE IF TIGER CAN GET
BACK OUT THERE AFTER THIS VERY
SCARY
LOOKING CRASH.
>>MARY BAER: MERRILL SO MANY
PEOPLE PULLING FOR HIM RIGHT
NOW WHATS IS ME GOING FORWARD
IN
TIGERS QUEST THE CHASE TO MAJOR
RECORD. SO IT REALLY PUTS THEM
IN DOUBT RECORD YOU’RE TALKING
ABOUT OF COURSE ARE THE 18
MAJORS WON BY JACK NICKLAUS
TIGER NEEDS 3 MORE MAJORS
TO WIN.
>> AT THE AGE OF 45, IT’S
HARDER AND HARDER TO WIN THOSE
MAJORS THE MASTERS CERTAINLY 2
YEARS AGO WAS A HUGE
BREAKTHROUGH FOR TIGER.
COMING BACK FROM A LONG PERIOD
OF NOT WINNING MAJOR
CHAMPIONSHIPS THE OTHER ONE, HE
AND SAM SNEAD ARE TIED FOR
THE MOST WINDS IN HISTORY ON
THE PGA TOUR WITH 82. SO TIGER
WE JUST NEED TO WIN ONE MORE
EVENT TO HOLD
THAT RECORD. RIGHT NOW WE DON’T
KNOW WHEN AND IF HE’LL BE ABLE
GET BACK ON THE GOLF COURSE,
YEAH CALLED THE ODDS SEEM STEEP
HERE BECAUSE ANYONE WHO’S HAD
ONE BACK SURGERY LET ALONE 5 BY
THE TIME THEY’RE
45 YEARS OLD.
>> EXPERIENCING A ROLLOVER
WRECK LIKE THIS WHERE HERE HE
MAY HAVE LEG INJURIES AS WELL
THAT CAN’T BE GOOD, YOU KNOW
ONE OF THE THINGS HE TALKED AT
THE GENESIS THIS PAST WEEKEND
WAS IT ACTUALLY HAD LENGTHENED
HIS PUTTER TO TO BE ABLE TO STAND UP A LITTLE BIT MORE AS HE WAS TRYING TO YOU GET THE
GROUP BACK AFTER HIS BACK
SURGERY. SO HE’S GOING TO HAVE
TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS NOT ON TO A
SWING BUT MAYBE ALSO TO HIS
GEAR IF HE DOES GET BACK OUT
THERE. AND AGAIN THE AGE OF 45
IN BODY WHOSE PAST THAT PLATEAU
KNOWS YOU DON’T FEEL QUITE AS