On Friday afternoon, news broke that Tiger Woods had been involved in a rollover crash in Jupiter Island, Florida.
ESPN’s Mark Schlabach cited the Martin County Sheriff’s Office as confirming the crash, but “no details about the cause of the crash or Woods’ condition” were known at the time of the initial reporting.
WPTV published a photo of a black Range Rover on its side, but it was not specified whether the car belonged to Woods or the other driver.
Within the hour, WPEC CBS12 News in West Palm Beach provided an update on Woods’ health status after the crash.
“According to a source at Martin County Fire Rescue, it was a two-car crash, [and] one vehicle was a rollover,” WPEC CBS12 News’ Skyler Shepard reported. “One person is stable, while another refused to go to the hospital. MCFR said there are no injuries to anyone.”
Woods has been involved in several car accidents over the years. The most harrowing came in February 2021, when Woods struck a median before hitting a tree and rolling over. That crash left Woods with “comminuted open fractures to both the upper and lower portions of his tibia and fibula in his right leg,” according to Golf Digest.
Later in 2021, Woods told Golf Digest, “I wouldn’t say 50/50, but it was damn near there on whether or not I was going to walk out of that hospital with one leg.”
On Tuesday, Woods and his Jupiter Links competed in the TGL finals, losing the SoFi Cup to the Los Angeles Golf Club. The tournament marked the first time Woods golfed competitively since the death of his mother, Kultida, and rupturing his Achilles in early 2025.
Last October, Woods announced he’d undergone a “successful” lumbar disc replacement surgery in his L4-5 lumbar spine to relieve pain and “lack of mobility” in his back.
At TGL this week, Woods said he has “been trying” to return to form to compete in the 2026 Masters, but “this body doesn’t recover like it did when I was 24, 25” (via BBC). The Masters begin on April 9. Woods last won the iconic tournament in 2019 — his fifth Masters Green Jacket and 15th major title overall.
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