Tiger Woods\’ leg scar seen in rare photograph at golf tournament

Woods said in 2021 his leg was nearly amputated

Tiger Woods offered spectators at the U.S. Junior Amateur Championships in Michigan on Monday a rare look at his leg, which was severely injured in a 2021 crash in California.

Woods has worn pants or a leg sleeve while out on the golf course in practice or during tournaments. When he saw his son playing in an amateur tournament, Woods was seen on his feet. Getty image photographers took a picture of her feet. Tiger Woods of the United States waits near the scoring tent during the first day of the 76th U.S. Junior Amateur Championship on the North Course at Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, on July 22, 2024. (Raj Mehta/Getty Images))

The photo shows Woods with a large wound on his leg.

Woods shattered bones in his right leg, needed a rod in his tibia to stabilize the injuries, and needed screws and pins in his ankle after he was involved in a crash in February 2021.

Woods revealed in a November 2021 interview with Golf Digest there was a moment during the immediate aftermath that amputating his leg was a serious possibility. The legs of Tiger Woods of the United States as he waits near the scoring tent on the first day of the 76th U.S. Junior Amateur Championship on the North Course at Oakland Hills Country Club on July 22, 2024 in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. (Raj Mehta/Getty Images)

“There was a time where, I wouldn’t say it was 50/50, but it was very close if I had to walk out of this hospital with one leg,” he said. “Once I (kept) it, I wanted to try and see if I still had my hands on it. So even though I was in the hospital, (then-girlfriend Erica Herman) and (friend Rob McNamara) were throwing stuff at me,” he said. Throw me something”

After the accident, Woods worked hard to get back into shape and compete in tournaments again.