The Tiger Woods car accident became the major story of the day this afternoon. Mainly, reports of the Tiger Woods car accident being 'serious' made everyone fear the worst. When the news first got out, Woods was reported to have "serious injuries" and even facial lacerations. However, as the news continued to get out, it became clear that things were being hyped up. The Tiger Woods car accident did hospitalize him, but his injuries don't appear to be as serious as first thought.
By the end of the afternoon, reports of Woods' car accident said that he had "injuries" instead of "serious injuries." According to a press release by Woods' publicist, he was taken to the hospital, treated, and released before too long. But before that was revealed, speculation and media coverage was at a fever pitch.
What everyone knew for sure was that the Tiger Woods car accident occurred early this morning. Allegedly, Woods backed into a fire hydrant when leaving his driveway, then spun and crashed into a tree. Since the car wasn't going too fast, airbags did not deploy, which led to the reports that his injuries were serious.
The 24 hour news outlets forgot there was other news going on, of course. Even CBS interrupted their football coverage to deliver what updates they could. But in the end, Woods was reportedly checked out in good health, although reports that he suffered facial lacerations seem to be true.
Since this is Tiger Woods, and since this is the year of celebrity deaths, it was easy to fear for the worst when the news broke. But the amount of hysteria over it was disproportionate to what actually happened.
Since this happened in the offseason, Woods should still be okay to keep playing golf and chase records. His knee injury last year was much more serious in the long run, since it ended his 2008 season and kept getting brought up when he didn't win a major this year.
By the end of the afternoon, reports of Woods' car accident said that he had "injuries" instead of "serious injuries." According to a press release by Woods' publicist, he was taken to the hospital, treated, and released before too long. But before that was revealed, speculation and media coverage was at a fever pitch.
What everyone knew for sure was that the Tiger Woods car accident occurred early this morning. Allegedly, Woods backed into a fire hydrant when leaving his driveway, then spun and crashed into a tree. Since the car wasn't going too fast, airbags did not deploy, which led to the reports that his injuries were serious.
The 24 hour news outlets forgot there was other news going on, of course. Even CBS interrupted their football coverage to deliver what updates they could. But in the end, Woods was reportedly checked out in good health, although reports that he suffered facial lacerations seem to be true.
Since this is Tiger Woods, and since this is the year of celebrity deaths, it was easy to fear for the worst when the news broke. But the amount of hysteria over it was disproportionate to what actually happened.
Since this happened in the offseason, Woods should still be okay to keep playing golf and chase records. His knee injury last year was much more serious in the long run, since it ended his 2008 season and kept getting brought up when he didn't win a major this year.
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