Tiger Woods Crash: Cause Of Accident Determined
Police now know what caused Tiger Woods' car crash in February
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Police now know what caused Tiger Woods' car crash in February
Tiger Woods Crash: Cause Of Accident Determined
The cause of Tiger Woods' recent car crash in California has been determined, police have confirmed.
The black boxes in Woods' vehicle were recovered and analysed, with police saying that all of the information is now known.
However, it will not be released in the public domain without permission from Tiger's team.
Woods has been asked if the information can be released.
“A cause has been determined,” LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said.
“We have all the contents of the black box. We’ve got everything completed, signed, sealed and delivered.
"However, we can’t release it without the permission of the people involved in the collision.
“We have reached out to Tiger Woods and his personnel.
“There’s some privacy issues on releasing information on the investigation, so we’re going to ask them if they waive the privacy and then we will be able to do a full release on all the information regarding the accident.”
Related: Tiger Woods reacts to Sunday Red tributes at WGC-Workday Championship
Tiger Woods is back home in Florida after the accident in February, which saw him break his leg amonst other serious injuries.
The 15-time Major winner had a rod inserted into his leg as well as screws and pins into his foot and ankle.
Related: Woods rehab to take 1-2 years - Foot and Ankle Surgeon
Police said that Woods was fortunate to have survived the horrific crash.
Elliott Heath is our Senior Staff Writer and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news, features, courses and travel sections as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. Elliott has interviewed some huge names in the golf world including Sergio Garcia, Thomas Bjorn, Bernd Wiesberger and Scotty Cameron as well as a number of professionals on the DP World and PGA Tours. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as four Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays at West Byfleet Golf Club in Surrey, where his handicap index floats anywhere between 2-6. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!
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