Tiger Woods "Seriously Hurt" In Florida Car Crash

2009_11_tigew.jpg From CBS News, "Authorities say Tiger Woods has been seriously injured in a car wreck in Florida. The Florida Highway Patrol says the PGA star hit a fire hydrant and a tree as he pulled out of his driveway early Friday in his 2009 Cadillac sport utility vehicle." He was taken to the hospital. "The highway patrol says the crash is still under investigation, and charges are pending. However, the highway patrol said the crash was not alcohol-related." Update: Woods' spokesman said the golfer was released from the hospital in good condition, while the "mayor of Windermere, Fla., reportedly said Woods was treated for facial lacerations." TMZ has a photo of the hydrant.

Update, 7 p.m.: Now it seems that Woods and his wife Elin Nordegren had argued before Woods got into the crash, which occurred around 2:20 a.m.. TMZ reports, "We're told Elin told cops about the argument at the scene of the accident and Tiger gave the same story to authorities at the hospital where he was treated. Elin apparently was able to forgive and forget -- according to Windermere Police Chief Daniel Saylor, Nordegren smashed out the back window of Tiger's car to help get him out."

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Turns out Mr. Woods is not golf's greatest driver.

Not sure if there's an official definition for "seriously injured, but reportedly he was treated at a hospital for facial lacerations and released.

How does one drive into a hydrant and tree, exactly, if not alcohol induced? Sleep deprivation, I guess, but still....

Apparently, according to the most recent accounts, you hit a fire hydrant when you are fleeing from your wife when she is chasing you with a golf club, after she read on TMZ that you are cheating on her.

Must have been a racist fire hydrant.

Not only did he hit the hydrant, but he played it through and smacked that tree like a champ!

So he doesn't drive a Buick?

Phil Milkelson cut the brakeline.

"While pulling out of his driveway" sounds innocent enough, but let's keep in mind his driveway is probably the length of the L.I.E.

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