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“I Wasn’t Actually Competing”: Tiger Woods Cursed His Luck When a Romantic Gesture to Surprise Ex-Girlfriend Lindsey Vonn Cost Him a Serious Injury in 2015

Published 09/04/2022, 2:00 PM EDT

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Golf champion Tiger Woods, and Lindsey Vonn, an alpine skiing racer, are legends in their respective sports. They dated between 2013 and 2015. Media coverage was at its zenith when the couple was a thing. During Vonn’s match in 2015, Woods displayed his romantic side by making a surprise visit to the slopes. Well, it didn’t turn out as expected.

They also displayed wonderful support for one another in getting back on their feet after an injury. Woods and Vonn had such a good relationship that it felt like they were a ‘made in heaven’ couple. A romantic idea planned by ex-boyfriend Woods that could have gone down in history as one of the sweetest surprises ever became a minor disaster as if cast by an evil eye.

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Tiger Woods gets smacked

Lindsey gave a stunning comeback in the Super-G race in January 2015 in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. Knowing that she would seize the match, Woods traveled to Italy to give his lady love a surprise. He had his disguise gear on to surprise the champion racer. Also, he said there were not many brown dudes attending ski races.

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The match ended and he was rejoicing in her victory. He was looking at camera guys moving around trying to get a picture of Vonn hugging people, congratulating the other racers. With this victory, she broke the all-time World Cup wins record after a shattering knee injury in December 2013.

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SMACK!!! CRACK!! A cameraman who was carrying his gear on his shoulder suddenly rose and turned around and smacked the golf champion in the mouth. 

A romantic disaster

The smack caused excruciating pain only to realize that his teeth got severely hit. A white skull-printed bandana that he wore to disguise himself helped from blood spilling all over the place. Woods said, “Luckily, he hit the one with a root canal. He chipped that one and cracked the other.”

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He recounted that flying back to the US was a painful experience. Woods said, “I couldn’t eat, I couldn’t drink until he fixed them. Even breathing hurt.”

While narrating this incident to the reporters he said“In every sport you get teeth knocked out,”. He continued, “Unfortunately, I wasn’t actually competing and got my teeth knocked out.”

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As a gentleman would do, he told the reporters that attention should remain on Vonn, who not only made a magnificent comeback but also broke the all-time World Cup wins record.

What do you think about the golfing icon’s gesture and his gentlemanly behavior following the event?

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Ramya Bachu

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Ramya Bachu is a US Sports author for Essentially Sports. Ramya has a Master’s degree in Psychology. She strongly believes in the power of discipline, consistency, and willingness to learn to achieve greater heights.
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Rupak Kumar Jha