Tiger Woods was in a car accident near his home shortly after 2 AM this morning. He was driving his Cadillac Escalade when he hit a fire hydrant and a tree. It’s thought that he was going less than 33 MPH since his air bags didn’t deploy. He’s said to be in serious condition and it’s been reported that he has significant facial lacerations. (Update: Seems like he’s OK since he’s been released. I’m sure more will come out though, because they said the police found him slipping in and out of consciousness… if that were the case they would have made him stay the night I’d assume.)

Alcohol was said to not be a factor. I wonder though if he’s still on pain killers from his surgery? Perhaps the pending charges are for driving under the influence of his pain killers. He wouldn’t be the first (or last) professional athlete to struggle with the pain killers.

My first thoughts were to Ben Hogan – it doesn’t sound like it was as serious as that accident, so I’m sure we’ll see Tiger again soon.

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