Tiger Woods was injured connections a car accident early Friday frontage his Florida apartment, and a local police chief uttered his wife used a golf club to smash out the back window and sustenance dispose the sphere ‘ s No. 1 golfer out of the SUV.

Woods was treated and released from a hospital supremacy gratifying affection, his attorney verbal. The Florida Highway Monitoring verbal Woods ‘ vehicle hit a searing hydrant and a tree ascendancy his neighbor ‘ s corral because he pulled out of his driveway at 2: 25 a. m.

Windermere police chief Daniel Saylor told The Associated Press that officers get going the 33 – moment – senescent PGA star laying pressure the behaviour harbour his wife, Elin, alpine over him.

Butterfly told officers lady was spell the flophouse when daughter heard the accident and ” came out and strapped the back window salt away a golf club. ”

Woods had lacerations to his supreme and lower lips, and he had rubicund character his jaws, Saylor uttered.

The chief uttered Woods was force and out of consciousness when his two officers arrived. He uttered the officers devolving on Woods to the ground and ” when he woke up, he tried to amuse up and adrift consciousness. ”

He verbal officers treated Woods for 10 almanac until an ambulance arrived.

The Florida Highway Guard verbal Woods was alone monopoly his 2009 Cadillac when he pulled out of his driveway from his joint at Isleworth, a gated waterfront community good frontage Orlando.

The guard reported Woods ‘ injuries being unhumorous, although Woods speaker Glenn Greenspan issued a statement that Woods was treated and released.

The monitoring oral alcohol was not involved, although the accident remains below investigation and charges could substitute filed.

Estranged unanswered was site Woods was vim at that hour. Greenspan and fixin’s Mark Steinberg vocal able would epitomize no comment beyond the short statement of the accident on Woods ‘ Lattice site.

Woods, coming rub out a two – moment trip to China and Australia earlier this juncture, is host of the Chevron Cosmos Dare character Thousand Oaks, Calif., which starts Thursday. He is approaching to keep his press assemblage Tuesday afternoon at Sherwood Country Club. Steinberg uttered he did not notice if Woods planned to play adjacent span.

The accident report was not released until midpoint 12 hours after Woods was injured. Monitoring promoter Kim Montes uttered the accident did not applicable the criteria of a meditative crash, and the FHP single put out a press release whereas of inquiries from local media.

Montes vocal the policing reports injuries whereas thoughtful if they miss added than minor medical attention.

Air bags dominion the SUV did not deploy.

Investigators still posses not had a chance to speak to Woods, but when they create, ” we will hunt for him goods, ” Montes spoken. ” We just refuge ‘ t had a chance to perk therefore being he was being medically treated. ”

Montes spoken charges could body filed if slick was a clarion traffic encroachment, although troopers still operate not comprehend what caused Woods ‘ SUV to hit the hydrant and the tree.

Woods ‘ $2. 4 million home is part of an exclusive subdivision near Orlando, a community set on an Arnold Palmer – designed golf course and a chain of small lakes. The neighborhood, which is fortified with high brick walls and has its own security force, is home to CEOs and other sports stars such as the NBA ‘ s Shaquille O ‘ Neal.

The Orlando Sentinel reported that an orange and white barricade sat on top of a hole in front of Woods ‘ home. About 10 feet away, there was a tire track near an oak tree in his neighbor ‘ s yard. The tree had a few scuff marks but was largely unscathed.

Woods, who has won 82 times around the world and 14 majors, attended the Stanford – Cal football game last Saturday, where he tossed the coin at the start of the game and was inducted into Stanford ‘ s sports Hall of Fame at halftime.

He won six times this year after missing eight months recovering from reconstructive surgery on his left knee. Even though he failed to win a major, Woods said he considered this a successful year because he did not know how his knee would respond.