Tiger Woods helped by "touching" red shirt tribute from pro golfers
While Tiger Woods is recovering from his near-fatal car accident, many of his golf contemporaries are honouring him.
Last week, Woods was taken to hospital after he suffered aĀ fractured right leg and a shattered ankle from that car accident.Ā This caused him to goĀ into a “long surgical procedure” to repair those injuries.
Woods recently moved fromĀ Harbor-UCLA Medical Center toĀ Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.Ā He is now “recovering and in good spirits,” his team saidĀ on Friday.
During the final rounds of the Workday Championship and Puerto Rico Open,Ā many of the competitors, including Rory McIlroy, donned the 15-time major champion’s signature Sunday red and black for the final round.
On the LPGA Tour, golfer Annika Sorenstam and her family were rocking Sunday red as well.
The first time @McIlroyRory has worn red and black in his career. š“ā« pic.twitter.com/mpXDbJreOD
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) February 28, 2021
.@ANNIKA59 and family wearing Sunday red in honor of @TigerWoods today.
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— ANNIKA Foundation (@ANNIKA_Fdn) February 28, 2021
Itās a ā¦@TigerWoodsā© Sunday for the maintenance staff at the ā¦@PuertoRicoOpenā©. ā¦@PGATOURā© pic.twitter.com/OheyF4o1N8
— PGA TOUR Communications (@PGATOURComms) February 28, 2021
š“ā«ļøš pic.twitter.com/VCWNYA8doI
— Tony Finau Golf (@tonyfinaugolf) February 28, 2021
For Tiger. pic.twitter.com/UmAGYMRMpP
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) February 28, 2021
Golfers also put Tiger’s name on the golf balls they would be using.
Weāre pulling for you @tigerwoods. A mentor, idol and role model to my career, thereās no one that could come out of this stronger. We are glad youāre here. See you soon. pic.twitter.com/do977kq5oI
— Bryson DeChambeau (@b_dechambeau) February 28, 2021
Sunday at Cologuard Classic. @TigerWoods in my thoughts. I am using your Bridgestone golf balls this weekend. pic.twitter.com/cvYQpZ0jIe
— fredcouplesgolf (@fredcouplesgolf) February 28, 2021
Woods took to Twitter and offered a heartfelt thanks to his fellow golfers for their tribute on Sunday.
It is hard to explain how touching today was when I turned on the tv and saw all the red shirts. To every golfer and every fan, you are truly helping me get through this tough time.
— Tiger Woods (@TigerWoods) March 1, 2021
“It is hard to explain how touching today was when I turned on the tv and saw all the red shirts,” Woods wrote. “To every golfer and every fan, you are truly helping me get through this tough time.”
Collin MorikawaĀ won the event, and heĀ joined Woods as the only two golfers to win a major championship and a World Golf Championship event before turning 25 years old.
“Tiger means everything to me,” Morikawa said to theĀ Golf Channel.Ā “He had the crash and thankfully he’s alright and hopefully he has a quick and great recovery, but I don’t think we say thank you enough.”
“So, I want to say thank you to Tiger. Sometimes you lose people too early. Kobe, I lost my grandpa about a month ago, and you don’t get to say thank you enough.Ā So thank you, guys.”