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LOS ANGELES - Tiger Woods is in the hospital after being extricated with the "jaws of life" from a serious car accident in Rancho Palos Verdes on Tuesday morning. The 82-time PGA TOUR winner sustained injuries to his legs and is currently undergoing surgery. “Tiger Woods was in a single-car accident this morning in California where he suffered multiple leg injuries. He is currently in surgery and we thank you for your privacy and support," Woods' agent Mark Steinberg said via statement. Woods, who was in town to host The Genesis Invitational last week, was driving alone when his car rolled over while traveling northbound on Hawthorne Boulevard the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said via statement. "On February 23, 2021, at approximately 7:12 AM LASD responded to a single vehicle roll-over traffic collision on the border of Rolling Hills Estates and Rancho Palos Verdes. The vehicle was traveling northbound on Hawthorne Boulevard at Blackhorse Road, when it crashed. The vehicle sustained major damage," the statement read. "The driver and sole occupant was identified as PGA (TOUR) golfer Eldrick "Tiger" Woods. Mr. Woods was extricated from the wreck with the "jaws of life" by Los Angeles County firefighters and paramedics, then transported to a local hospital by ambulance for his injuries." PGA TOUR commissioner Jay Monahan said the entire TOUR community had Woods' wellbeing in their thoughts. "We have been made aware of Tiger Woods' car accident today. We are awaiting further information when he comes out of surgery. On behalf of the PGA TOUR and our players, Tiger is in our prayers and will have our full support as he recovers," Monahan said via statement. The 45-year-old Woods stayed back after the tournament to film GOLFTV content giving celebrities golf lessons - actor David Spade tweeted about his encounter on Monday. "It's sickening," said Adam Scott, who was watching coverage of the crash from player dining at the World Golf Championships-Workday Championship at The Concession. "He's our hero out here. You think guys like Tiger and Kobe Bryant are untouchable, but they're not. I just hope he's all right." Good friend Justin Thomas was visibly shaken when given the news. "I’m sick to my stomach. You know, it hurts to see one of my closest friends get in an accident. Man, I just hope he’s all right. Just worry for his kids, you know. I’m sure they’re struggling." Added Xander Schauffele: “My putting coach called me and told me. The volunteer who gave me a ride showed me a picture of it, and I read they used the jaws of life. The mood has been very quiet, I’d say. Everyone I’ve talked to has been in a strange mood due to the news. I was talking to my caddie about the impact he’s had on the game of golf. It’s not good for us, not good for the game of golf. All we can do is hope that he’s fine and has a speedy recovery." On Sunday Woods told the CBS broadcast he was unsure of when he would return from his recent back surgery, a fifth such procedure since April 2017. The last time he played competitive golf was with his son Charlie in December's PNC Championship. "I’m feeling fine," Woods said Sunday. "I’m a little bit stiff. I have one more MRI scheduled so that we’ll see if the annulus (fibrosus) is scarred over finally and see if I can start doing more activities. But still in the gym, still doing the mundane stuff that you have to do for rehab, the little things before I can start gravitating towards something a little more.”

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The CME Group Tour Championship’s purse in 2019 will double to $5 million, with the winner getting $1.5 million, the largest first-place share in women’s golf history.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Rory McIlroy shot a second-round 66 at the Wells Fargo Championship and joked about needing to plug the coordinates of Quail Hollow Club into his GPS for the weekend. RELATED: Full leaderboard | Inside Max Homa’s mind | Phil Mickelson struggles to second-round 75 He’s a member here and a two-time winner of the Wells Fargo, so he hardly needs the help, but the fact remains he’s been having a hard time finding his way to the money rounds on the PGA TOUR. “It was better,” McIlroy said after making six birdies, one bogey. “I was really happy about my iron play coming in here, felt like I really found something last week. I didn’t get a chance to show it (Thursday) because I wasn’t finding the fairway very much, but today, just having some more opportunities to hit good iron shots and give myself birdie chances, I was able to show it a bit and it was nice.” McIlroy had missed the cut at the Masters Tournament and PLAYERS Championship prior to the Wells Fargo, so everyone had a laugh when he was asked what he’s been doing with his Saturdays. He and his family went to the Bahamas for four days, during which time he watched Stewart Cink (69, 2 under) win the RBC Heritage. He went to a dinner party with U.S. Walker Cup Captain Nathaniel Crosby. Despite the light banter, he really did look to be at a career crossroads when he got to Charlotte. It wasn’t that he turned 32 on Tuesday. It was that he is 15th in the Official World Golf Ranking, his lowest ranking since 2009, and 51st in the FedExCup. (He has twice won the season-long race, most recently in 2019.) Part of the problem, McIlroy said, was that he got caught up trying to add speed and distance in the wake of Bryson DeChambeau’s runaway victory at the U.S. Open at Winged Foot last fall. A final-round 76 at the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard (T10) convinced him to make a coaching change for the first time in his life, going with Pete Cowen over childhood coach Michael Bannon. He wasn’t that far off, McIlroy said, and he was right, resembling on Friday the player who in nine starts at the Wells Fargo has seven top-10 finishes, including two wins. He shot a course-record 62 to win going away in 2010 and broke his own record with a third-round 61 in his 2015 victory. He didn’t hit the gear Friday, but still looked to be in his element. “I feel like I’ve birdied a lot of the hard holes this week,” he said, “which is nice confidence, but knowing that even if you don’t birdie a par-5 or you don’t take advantage of the easier holes, that you’re hitting it good enough that you can still make birdies on the tougher holes, I guess. “So that probably makes it a touch easier that I am here and I’m somewhere that I am very comfortable.” With the wind kicking up for the afternoon wave, making things very uncomfortable for the late starters, McIlroy may by just two or three back going into the weekend. That hardly seems like much.

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