{"id":114512,"date":"2021-02-26T11:13:28","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T11:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=114512"},"modified":"2021-02-26T11:13:28","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T11:13:28","slug":"tiger-woods-has-less-than-50-chance-of-ever-playing-golf-again-after-horror-crash-shattered-his-leg-claims-expert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/tiger-woods-has-less-than-50-chance-of-ever-playing-golf-again-after-horror-crash-shattered-his-leg-claims-expert\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiger Woods has less than 50% chance of ever playing golf again after horror crash shattered his leg, claims expert"},"content":{"rendered":"

TIGER Woods has less than a 50 per cent chance of ever playing golf again following his horror car crash, a medical expert has claimed.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The golf ace, 45, suffered gruesome injuries to his leg after the devastating crash on Tuesday morning in Los Angeles.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Woods was pulled pulled from the wreckage of an SUV he was driving on the border of Rolling Hills Estates and Rancho Palos Verdes before being transferred to hospital by paramedics. <\/p>\n

Doctors said he\u00a0suffered "comminuted" fractures\u00a0in the upper and lower parts of the tibia and fibula – meaning the breaks had led to bone splintering.<\/p>\n

They fitted metal rods, screws and pins to his shattered right shinbone and calf bone following the crash.<\/p>\n

But foot and ankle specialist Nick Cullen, of the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust in London, today warned there is a strong chance the golf ace may never play professionally again.\u00a0<\/p>\n

'VERY SERIOUS'<\/h2>\n

He told the Daily Telegraph: \u201cIt\u2019s a very serious injury.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s serious because the bone\u2019s been broken in multiple levels and has broken through the skin. The break has gone into the ankle, so it affects the joints of the ankle as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis would probably be classified as a limb-threatening injury. <\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think you\u2019d be talking about amputating this immediately but that\u2019s the potential.\u201d<\/p>\n

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