Tiger Woods in major accident

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Anonymous wrote:FFS:

His SUV struck a sign, crossed over a raised median and two oncoming lanes before it toppled down an embankment, coming to a halt on its side.

That’s pretty dramatic...and erratic.

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I don't judge him for having a drug and alcohol problem.

I do totally judge him for putting other people in danger because he's an entitled, unbelievably selfish asshole.

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These new posh trucks have so many computers record everything, like an airplane's black box. Will police analyze that or is this going to be shut down and memory holed?

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Somebody get that man a chauffeur!

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Anonymous wrote:WHY WAS HE DRIVING???

I've been to country club events with my husband and those courtesy sponsor SUVs are chauffeured, especially for A-list players. It makes zero sense that someone of Tiger's stature was tooling around from the hotel to a course in a courtesy SUV instead of a driver -- especially with California traffic!

At the very least he needs to fire his agents, this man should not have been behind the wheel of a car at an event. In California no less, which means 7am cash time was actually 4am at his home in Florida.

Especially since he was still recovering from injuries!

7am in CA is 10am in FL.

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Anonymous wrote:Law-enforcement has said he was not intoxicated and will not be charged with a crime. They did not rule out distracted driving I said that would be an infraction not a crime. He also stated that this location has had 13 accidents since 2020. Yikes!

They didn’t do a field test because of his injuries.

They should do a blood toxicology which would show drugs and/or alcohol if there.

But because he is Tiger, they did not do it.

The blood toxicology report was not done.

Honest question and would love to hear from ER staffers: wouldn’t a blood panel be done out of protocol prior to sedating someone pre-surgery who’s suffered traumatic injuries?

I know that although I’m a certain blood type that in an emergency I’m not going to be given a blood transfusion without a quick blood typing, correct? What if I were to arrive at the ER and seemed sleepy, for instance? Would any doctor think to check if I’m under the influence of something?

And perhaps blood tests are routine and there is no reason or a privacy violation to disclose absolutely every test TW was subjected to.

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Anonymous wrote:Law-enforcement has said he was not intoxicated and will not be charged with a crime. They did not rule out distracted driving I said that would be an infraction not a crime. He also stated that this location has had 13 accidents since 2020. Yikes!

They didn’t do a field test because of his injuries.

They should do a blood toxicology which would show drugs and/or alcohol if there.

But because he is Tiger, they did not do it.

The blood toxicology report was not done.

Honest question and would love to hear from ER staffers: wouldn’t a blood panel be done out of protocol prior to sedating someone pre-surgery who’s suffered traumatic injuries?

I know that although I’m a certain blood type that in an emergency I’m not going to be given a blood transfusion without a quick blood typing, correct? What if I were to arrive at the ER and seemed sleepy, for instance? Would any doctor think to check if I’m under the influence of something?

And perhaps blood tests are routine and there is no reason or a privacy violation to disclose absolutely every test TW was subjected to.

Yes but due to HIPAA (or is it HIPPA) they can’t share the info. Police would need a court order to get those records and they would need probable cause and a single car accident is not probable cause.

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain to me why this is such a big deal? Yes, I do hope he is okay but what's so special about him getting hurt? He plays golf for living. WTH?

+1 I hope he is okay, but he's just another athlete turned train wreck.

He continues to attract lots of personal chaos. He is 45 yo. I guess you cannot change tiger's stripes.

Earl (dad) had extramarital affairs of his own, which are presented as a deep-seeded contribution to the way Tiger began to chart his own path in the early 2000s. Classic inter generational trauma and dysfunction. Astronomical fame and $$ leads to a severe sense of entitlement and people covering for your poor behavior and not holding you accountable.

My friend's dad - a professional golfer with a well-known name - was on the Tour when Tiger joined the pros and began his ascent to greatness.

He told us that Tiger, even at the age of 20, was a grade-A assh#le. At that point, the Tour had stars - Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicholas, Phil Mickelson - but no true global superstars. Tiger came about right when the internet was being popularized and that helped send his fame through the roof. Tiger also expanded the game's popularity in Asia and it was a massive untapped market.

There was a camaraderie to being on the Tour - you saw the same guys every weekend in different cities. You were all away from your families. Yes, they were all insanely competitive but it was a brotherhood. You'd eat dinner together and share some drinks. You all shared the same locker room.

Tiger rejected all of that from the outset. He was an intense loner and demanded his own locker room, away from the others. He did not socialize with the other golfers and wasn't on friendly terms with most of them. Tiger made a lot of enemies on the Tour and it wasn't due to his success. In fact, Tiger was great for everyone - he brought in more eyeballs, more advertising dollars, bigger prize purses, and bigger sponsorship deals for every golfer. The money, in fact, trickled down. So everyone was rooting for Tiger's success, even if it meant he bumped guys from the winners podium.

But his sense of entitlement and ego has always been threw the roof. When you're the greatest, you don't need to be humble or play down your achievements. But you do need to be a good person. The sense I got from my friend's dad was that Tiger really wasn't a good person from the beginning. And no one on the Tour was surprised when his image crumbled under the weight of lies and scandal. It aligned with how he treated other golfers.

Oh, please.
Golf is one of the most racist sports, and TW didn’t have an easy time. Pro golfers made fun of him, cracking fried chicken and watermelon jokes. I don’t blame him for keeping to himself.

https://www.cbssports.com/golf/news/a-history-of-racist-remarks-aimed-at-tiger-woods/

https://www.todaysgolfer.co.uk/features/player-features/2020/june/tiger-woods-racism/

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Gosh, he has to be done now. What will he do if the senior tour isn’t an option?

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Anonymous wrote:Gosh, he has to be done now. What will he do if the senior tour isn’t an option?

I hope he seeks counseling and hires a driver.

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Anonymous wrote:Gosh, he has to be done now. What will he do if the senior tour isn’t an option?

Are you being sarcastic? I can't tell.

I assume he'll write books and do paid speeches like everyone and make a gazillion dollars because he's overcome stuff and he's a huge sports star and people love him.

I wish Tiger the best, and I'm so sorry this happened to him, but the media coverage on this was so insanely over the top. There seems to be a huge appetite for sports stars in peril. I don't get it myself, but yea there is a market for it.

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Anonymous wrote:Law-enforcement has said he was not intoxicated and will not be charged with a crime. They did not rule out distracted driving I said that would be an infraction not a crime. He also stated that this location has had 13 accidents since 2020. Yikes!

They didn’t do a field test because of his injuries.

They should do a blood toxicology which would show drugs and/or alcohol if there.

But because he is Tiger, they did not do it.

The blood toxicology report was not done.

Honest question and would love to hear from ER staffers: wouldn’t a blood panel be done out of protocol prior to sedating someone pre-surgery who’s suffered traumatic injuries?

I know that although I’m a certain blood type that in an emergency I’m not going to be given a blood transfusion without a quick blood typing, correct? What if I were to arrive at the ER and seemed sleepy, for instance? Would any doctor think to check if I’m under the influence of something?

And perhaps blood tests are routine and there is no reason or a privacy violation to disclose absolutely every test TW was subjected to.

Yes but due to HIPAA (or is it HIPPA) they can’t share the info. Police would need a court order to get those records and they would need probable cause and a single car accident is not probable cause.

If he had hit/injured or killed someone they would have gotten a court order to get any toxicology/pre-op blood results. Since he only hurt himself--they most likely figured the horrific injuries are enough punishment.

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Anonymous wrote:Gosh, he has to be done now. What will he do if the senior tour isn’t an option?

Because If he ends up disabled his life is over? Wow. What an ablest and horrible thing to imply.

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Anonymous wrote:Gosh, he has to be done now. What will he do if the senior tour isn’t an option?

Because If he ends up disabled his life is over? Wow. What an ablest and horrible thing to imply.

I mean, he's a pro athlete. His career- not his life - WOULD be over. What's 'ableist' about that?

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Anonymous wrote:Gosh, he has to be done now. What will he do if the senior tour isn’t an option?

Because If he ends up disabled his life is over? Wow. What an ablest and horrible thing to imply.

I mean, he's a pro athlete. His career- not his life - WOULD be over. What's 'ableist' about that?

Most athletes careers are over before 40.