‘This Is Where Dad’s Teaching Came Into Play’: Tiger Woods Describes His Rapid Recovery Technique

Published 11/30/2021, 6:00 AM EST

Tiger Woods’ history of injuries and accidents is a grim one. Most recently, he was in a severe car-crash and has been on the sidelines ever since the beginning of 2020. And yesterday, for the first time in months, he finally broke his silence by appearing in an interview where he revealed his recovery journey.

He appeared in a 30-minute interview with Golf Digest, seemingly buoyant. He indulged in details about a possible comeback, the status of his health, and most importantly, what kept him going these past couples of months, which couldn’t have been easy for the 15-time major winner.

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Tiger Woods reveals what he picked up from his dad

Being on bed rest is frustrating enough. Couple that with surgeries, injuries and recurring back-pain, one is bound to lose hope. And for Woods, who has always struggled with a series of trauma to his body, needed something more this time. He revealed a lesson by his father, what kept him going during this time.

Tiger’s father, Earl Woods, is a retired U.S. Army officer and a Vietnam war veteran. Being in the military and special forces, he was used to being in difficult situations. Woods said, “You don’t know how long a firefight is gonna take. It could last five seconds or five hours, and some could go on for days at a time. With that in mind, you don’t know when the end is, so that’s the hard part. How do you get through that?”

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“One of my dad’s ways of getting through that was live meal-to-meal… I just shortened up the windows of, ‘Oh, this is gonna be nine months of hell, to It’s just two or three hours. If I can repeat these two to three hours at a time.’ Next thing you know it adds up, it accumulates into weeks months and to a point where here I am talking to you and walking into a room.”

With the Hero World Challenge underway in a couple of days, we are hoping to witness Tiger live. Of course, he won’t be picking up a club, but simply seeing him on the course will give us the satisfaction of his healthy recovery. Watch his entire interview here.

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Ishita Bhargava is a Golf content writer at Essentially Sports. Currently pursuing her undergraduate degree from the Shri Ram College of Commerce, she has a keen interest in sports and fitness. When not playing or watching a sports event, Ishita can be seen spending time with her pets or binge-watching.

‘This Is Where Dad’s Teaching Came Into Play’: Tiger Woods Describes His Rapid Recovery Technique

Tiger Woods reveals what he picked up from his dad

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