Tiger Woods has been released from hospital after emerging from a minor car crash with nothing more than 'facial lacerations'.
World number one suffers cuts in late night incident
Tiger Woods has been released from hospital after emerging from a minor car crash with nothing more than 'facial lacerations'.
Early reports claimed the 33-year-old was seriously injured after hitting a fire hydrant and then a tree after pulling out of his driveway in the early hours of Friday morning.
However, his agent Mark Steinberg says Woods is 'fine'.
The world number one was at the wheel of his sports utility vehicle when the incident happened not far from his home in Isleworth, an exclusive suburb in Windermere, Florida.
He was subsequently taken to Health Central Hospital in nearby Ocoee.
The Orange County Fire Rescue said it received a call about the accident at 2.28am ET (7.28am GMT), but the Florida Highway Patrol did not report it until almost 12 hours later.
The FHP said the incident was still under investigation and that charges were pending but added it was not alcohol-related.
Windermere Police Chief Daniel Saylor said Woods' wife Elin used a golf club to smash out the back window and helped to get him out of the car following the crash.
Mr Saylor added that officers found Woods lying in the street with his wife hovering over him. The golfer was in and out of consciousness when officers arrived, he said.
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Local Mayor Gary Bruhn, whose police department responded to the incident, told
CNN: "An accident occurred about 2:30 this morning and Windermere police were first upon the scene because basically we're right there and can arrive within a minute and a half.
"I understand that there were some facial lacerations and he was taken to Health Central Hospital where he was treated and then I'm told he was released."
Bruhn added the fact that charges were pending was a routine part of any accident investigation.
"Something like this would be just an ongoing investigation," he added. "I think it's nothing more than an accident but from that standpoint they've got to let everything run its full course and do the investigation to see what was involved.
"I'm told that could take a number of days to come to its conclusion."
Woods recently returned to America after winning the JBWere Masters in Australia by two shots.
The 14-time major winner is scheduled to host his own tournament, the Chevron World Challenge, next week in California.
