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‘Getting Stronger Every Day’: Tiger Woods Drops Major Health Update Ahead of The 2021 Masters

Published 03/17/2021, 4:27 AM EDT

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The whole world watched Max Homa enjoy a wonderful victory at The 2021 Genesis Invitational a few weeks ago, but woke up the very next day to the horrible news that Tiger Woods was involved in a single-car crash. A few anxious weeks later, the golf legend has provided a major update on his health condition.

Woods suffered the accident right after the day of the Genesis Invitational. He was driving through the Rancho Palos Verdes area of Los Angeles when the incident took place on February 23. 

It was also reported the Woods was on his way to a Golf TV/Golf Digest shoot when he lost control of the Genesis GV80 he was driving. Nearly a month after the incident, Woods has provided a major update about his health condition. 

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While everyone missed Tiger Woods at The 2021 Players Championship, the 82-time PGA Tour champion was anyways scheduled to miss the event due to a back recovery process. What the accident did is that it put a major question on his participation at The 2021 Masters. 

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There weren’t regular updates about Woods’ health condition when he was receiving treatment at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. But Woods recently posted major news about his recovery on Twitter.

“Happy to report that I am back home and continuing my recovery. I am so grateful for the outpouring of support and encouragement that I have received over the past few weeks,” Woods mentioned in his statement. 

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“I will be recovering at home and working on getting stronger every day,” he added. 

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This message appeared a such a sign of positivity to Woods’ long-time fans. It meant everything to them when the golf legend fought all adversity and won The 2019 Masters. But will the 45-year- old create a similar hype by taking part in The 2021 Masters? 

The prestigious tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club will take place from April 8-11, but it is uncertain if Tiger Woods will recover in time. Woods suffered major injuries to his leg and the doctors used a rod to stabilize the screws fitted to his badly injured ankle. 

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At this moment, Tiger Woods is willingly working hard to get back on the tour once again. He is a fighter, but The 2021 Masters might be out of his sight for the moment. The first Major of the year starts in about a fortnight, but we might not see Woods gracing the event with his presence. 

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Arjun Athreya is a senior writer at Essentially Sports and has been contributing since early 2020. Having developed an avid interest in sports at an early age, he pursued a Journalism degree and graduated from Madras Christian College. Arjun manages the Golf division and its content, and primarily covers news pertaining to the NBA as well.
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