OF INJURIES COULD END HIS GOLFING CAREER LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM. ERIK AVANIER CHANNEL
4 THE
LOCAL STATION.
>>KENT JUSTICE: THANK YOU ERIC
AND WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR IS THAT
THERE ARE NO CHARGES THAT WERE
FILED IN THIS CRASH AGAIN IT
HAPPENED EARLY
THIS MORNING. 07:00AM LOCAL
TIME THERE IN LOS ANGELES A 10
O’CLOCK HOUR TIMES. WE’RE
UNDERSTAND THAT TIGER WOODS WAS
IN LOS ANGELES OVER THE WEEKEND
AS A TOURNAMENT HOST OF THE
GENESIS INVITATIONAL THAT ENDED
SUNDAY AND THEN TO FEEL
4TH THE SPONSOR DISCOVERY OWN
GULF TV MARY ANN REPORTER
CONNER POWELL IS JOINING US NOW
WITH A LOOK AT WHAT WE KNOW.
>> ABOUT TIGER WOODS INJURIES
CONNOR.
>> YOU CAN SEE VERY WE KNOW THAT HE IS LUCKY TO BE ALIVE THAT’S ACCORDING TO THE
SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES WERE FIRST
ON THE SCENE
AND THEN SAUL THAT ACCIDENT
KNOWING THE AREA AND RANCHOS
PALOS VERDES IS WHERE THE
ACCIDENT TOOK PLACE WHICH IS A
STEEP WINDY HILL.
IT’S UNFORTUNATELY AREA WHERE
WE’VE SEEN LOTS
OF PREVIOUSLY SO SHERIFF’S
DEPUTIES ARE SAYING RIGHT NOW
IT IS VERY FORTUNATE THAT TIGER
WOODS IS SURVIVE THIS CRASH.
HE WAS WEARING A SEATBELT THEY
SAID THAT HELPED
A LOT. WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT
THE VEHICLE WENT DOWN THE HILL
CROSSED OVER THE MEDIAN FLIPPED
SEVERAL TIMES AND KEPT GOING
DOWN THE HILL FOR ABOUT 4 OR
500 OR SO FEET. HE WAS THEN
BROUGHT HERE FIRST
RESPONDERS ARE ON THE SCENE AND
GOT HIM OUT OF THAT VEHICLE,
THEY BROUGHT HIM HERE TO THE
HARBOR U C L E
MEDICAL CENTER. ACCORDING TO
HIS AIDES AGENT MARK STEINBERG
HE HAS MULTIPLE COMPOUND
FRACTURES IN BOTH LEGS SO SOME
VERY SERIOUS INJURIES. HE SPENT
MUCH OF THE DAY TODAY IN
SURGERY. WE KNOW HE’S IN
STABLE CONDITION CAN SEE WHERE
WE DON’T REALLY KNOW MUCH MORE
THAN THAT AT THIS HOUR WE’RE
STILL WAITING ON WORD FROM
HIS TEAM. TONIGHT, OR MAYBE
EVEN TOMORROW WITH AN UPDATE ON
HIS CONDITION, BUT
THIS INJURIES COMPOUND INJURY
THEY ARE NUTS FOR US LEE,
TRICKY INJURIES. THEY LEAD TO
INFECTION DAYS LATER, THEY RIP
SKIN SO
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HE MAY
BE UNSTABLE CONDITIONS RIGHT
NOW, BUT IT’S SOMETHING WE’RE
GOING TO WATCH IT. DOCTORS ARE
GOING TO REALLY WATCH THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS. YEAH CONNOR
BEFORE
YOU GO.
>> WHAT’S THE SPECULATION ON
WHAT IT MEANS FOR RECOVERY FROM
THIS OR HIS FUTURE CAREER.
♪
>> IT ALL DEPENDS ON HOW MANY COMPOUND FRACTURES THERE DIDN’T BREAK THIS KID, YOU KNOW YOUR
MEMBER ALEX IS THE WASHINGTON
FOOTBALL TEAM QUARTERBACK HE
HAD A COMPOUND FRACTURE IN HIS
LEG POKE THROUGH
THE SKIN, THE DIRT AND GRIME
GOT IN THERE. THEY WERE SERIOUS
INFECTIONS. THERE IS TALK OF
HIM LOSING HIS LATE 2 YEARS AGO
AFTER THAT GAME WHERE HE
WAS INJURED. YOU KNOW IT WAS A
LONG ROAD TO RECOVERY FOR HIM
SO COMPOUND FRACTURES CAN BE
VERY VERY CHALLENGING. TO KEEP
CLEAN AND TO KEEP THE INFECTION
AWAY. WE DON’T KNOW THE EXTENT
OF THE INJURIES BUT WE DO KNOW
FROM TIGER WOODS AGENT THAT
THERE ARE MULTIPLE COMPOUND
FRACTURES IN BOTH LEGS, SO
WE’LL TALK ABOUT SOME PRETTY
SERIOUS INJURIES THAT SAID
EVERYONE WE’VE HEARD TALK ABOUT
TIGER WOODS TODAY.
HIS SAID NEVER COUNT THIS GUY
OUT NEVER
UNDERESTIMATE HIM BECAUSE HE’S
CAPABLE OF DOING REALLY AMAZING
THINGS AND HE’S COME
BACK FROM PREVIOUS SURGERIES IN
PREVIOUS INJURIES BEFORE TO WIN
THE MASTERS 2 YEARS AGO SO
I THINK NOBODY’S RULING THEM
OUT, BUT THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS
INJURY THAT HAS ENDED A LOT OF
CAREERS AND OTHER SPORTS
AS WELL.
>>MARY BAER: DON’T COUNT HIM
OUT CONNER POWELL REPORTING TO
US LIVE FROM TORRANCE
CALIFORNIA. THANK
YOU CONNOR REACTIONS TO WOODS
INJURIES ARE COMING IN FROM ALL
OVER THE GOLF WORLD INCLUDING
FROM JACKSONVILLE NATIVE AND
FORMER PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP
WINNER MARK MCCUMBER IN NEWS 4
JAX SPORTS ANCHOR COLE PEPPERS
JOINING US, I’M COLE MCCUMBER
IT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF SUPPORT
OF WORDS
FOR TIGER.
>> AND SO MANY OTHERS HAVE TO
MAKE AND YOU’RE TALKING FROM
BODY GUY ONE 10 TIMES ON THE
PGA TOUR, INCLUDING THE
PLAYERS. MARK MCCUMBER KNOWS
HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO
ACCOMPLISH, HEY JUST HALF OF
WHAT TIGER WOODS ACCOMPLISH HIS
GOLF CAREER AFTER LEARNING OF
THE CRASH MCCUMBER SAYS HE’S
HOPING WOULD CAN RETURN TO THE
GAME AND CONTINUE A CAREER
♪
MCCUMBER SAYS IS SECOND TO
NONE.
>> MY AIR I GREW UP AS A BIG
PALMER NICKLAUS STAND AND I
STILL THINK OF
THE STATE. I DON’T KNOW HOW YOU
CAN SEPARATE JACK AND TIGER,
YOU KNOW PEOPLE GO TO
THE MAJORS. THEIR RECORDS ARE
QUITE EQUAL IN MY OPINION BUT I
STILL NEVER SEEN MORE DRAMATIC
GOFF NOT GOOD BECAUSE DIDN’T
HAVE THAT.
MIRACULOUS SHOT TONIGHT TO NAME A DOZEN THAT I DIDN’T THINK WERE POSSIBLE ALL DONE BY TIGER
TIMES. YOU KNOW THEY WERE JUST
UNBELIEVABLY GOOD VIOLENT.
THE MOST ATTRACTIVE THE SHOTS.
HE’S MESMERIZE THE
SPORTING WORLD. EVEN FERNAND
OFFERS WHEN HE DID PEOPLE
DIDN’T WATCH COFFIN MADE
ADVANCE.
>> AND TALKING OF THOSE
COMPOUND FRACTURES BECOME BIRD
SAYS THAT IF THE INJURIES ARE
ONLY BROKEN BONES AND NOT JOINT
INJURIES TO LIGAMENTS
AND TENDONS WE ACTUALLY BE
EASIER FOR WOODS TO RECOVER