Tiger Woods ‘awake’ and ‘responsive’ after surgery on car crash leg injuries

Woods survived “what would otherwise have been a fatal crash” because the interior of his vehicle remained largely intact, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva.

The vehicle driven by Tiger Woods on the back of a truck in Los Angeles (Kieran Southern/PA)

Tiger Woods is “awake, responsive and recovering in his hospital room” after surgery on “significant” right leg injuries following a car crash which could have cost him his life.

A statement from Woods’ official Twitter account on Wednesday morning gave an update on the 15-time major winner’s status following the accident which happened on Tuesday, which led to surgery on his right leg.