For the most recognizable athlete of his generation, with the greatest social impact on lives since Ali, yesterday was another day of infamy and injury and tragedy.
The laws of physics don’t care who you are…
Golf legend Tiger Woods underwent surgery yesterday after a rollover accident near Los Angeles left him with serious injuries to BOTH legs and required him to be extricated by firefighters and paramedics.
The chief medical officer and interim chief executive at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center detailed the extent of the injuries, saying that a rod, pins and screws were needed to stabilize Woods’s injuries.
“Comminuted open fractures affecting both the upper and lower portions of the tibia and fibula bones were stabilized by inserting a rod into the tibia,” Anish Mahajan said in statement earlier this morning, local time, released by Tiger’s representatives.
“Additional injuries to the bones of the foot and ankle were stabilized with a combination of screws and pins. Trauma to the muscle and soft-tissue of the leg required surgical release of the covering of the muscles to relieve pressure due to swelling.”
The continual effort to be a great player for a long period has been accompanied by such an obvious price, BOTH physically and emotionally; the previous personal crackups/indiscretions and the numerous physical surgeries were the inevitable toll of a prodigy who became a galactical star – we had NEVER seen his like before.
Tiger has had more than 10 surgeries, that we know of – and he’s just 45.
Genius talent is NOT an end run around pressure.
On the contrary…
Lobster on the Prairie 