Tiger Woods ‘won’t walk for three months’ as he moves to new hospital after car crash

Tiger Woods has been moved to a new hospital to continue his recovery from a horror car crash – but won’t be able to walk for three months.

That’s the verdict of orthopedic surgeon and former PGA Tour golfer Bill Mallon as Woods faces the biggest fight of his legendary career.

Woods’ hopes of playing again are under severe threat after he suffered two open fractures and a shattered ankle after flipping his car in Los Angeles on Tuesday.

The 15-times Major winner has now been moved to LA’s Cedars-Sinai Medical Center – a level one trauma centre known for rehabbing athletes.

He was previously treated at the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, where his right leg was put back together during surgery with the insertion of a rod, screws and pins.

Woods was told by doctors he is lucky to be alive following the crash, and he faces a huge challenge to resurrect his trophy-laden golf career.

And it will be at least three months before the 45-year-old is able to put weight on his foot, according to Mallon.

“With fractures of this sort in the lower extremities, it takes about three months to heal enough to fully bear weight,” said the surgeon, quoted by The Sun.

Woods suffered open fractures to the his tibia and fibula and further injuries to his foot and ankle in the single-car crash on Tuesday.

But despite the huge challenge now facing him, the stricken star vowed to make a sensational return to the golf course, telling close friends: “It can’t end like this.”

He made the promise as his girlfriend Erica Herman, agent Mark Steinberg and caddie Joe LaCava all visited him in his hospital bed.

A source close to Woods added that the 45-year-old was “frustrated” and let slip to People magazine: “He doesn’t want his career to end like this.

The unnamed source also said: “This is a massive setback, and he knows it, but he’s overcome obstacles in the past and thinks he can do it again.”

Meanwhile, hospital chiefs at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center said it had been “an honour” to be entrusted with Woods’ care.

Interim CEO Anish Mahajan said on the hospital’s Twitter account: “Woods was transferred to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for continuing orthopaedic care and recovery.

“It was an honour to provide orthopaedic trauma care to one of our generation’s greatest athletes.”

Woods survived “what would otherwise have been a fatal crash” on Tuesday morning because the interior of his vehicle remained largely intact, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva.

The police chief added that “deputies at the time did not see any evidence of impairment” after arriving on the scene at 7.18am local time and confirmed on Wednesday that Woods was “not drunk” and that the crash was “purely an accident”.

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