Tiger Woods facing hard recovery after suffering serious injuries in car crash

The crash caused “significant” injuries all down his right leg that featured rods, pins and screws during what was described as a “long surgical procedure”

Nobody else was in the car. Picture: AP Photo/Ringo HW Chiu

Tiger Woods is facing the toughest recovery of his remarkable comeback-filled career after undergoing surgery on right leg injuries following a car crash which could have cost him his life.

Woods was driving through a sweeping, downhill stretch of road through coastal suburbs of Los Angeles when his car struck a sign, crossed over a raised median and two oncoming lanes and toppled down an embankment, coming to a halt on its side.