[Seolwangseolrae] The return of the 'golf emperor'

Tiger Woods, 46, was involved in a car accident in February. At that time, it was such a big accident that the local policeman said he was lucky to have saved his life. Although all the specialists were mobilized for the operation, news broke that it would take at most six months before he could walk again. The pessimistic outlook of the medical staff that the athlete’s life would be difficult even if he succeeded in rehabilitation was perhaps natural. The golf industry also viewed Woods’ return negatively. It was because he could not be sure he would be able to walk again, let alone golf.

Woods had many accidents in the past. In 2009, at the dawn of Thanksgiving, while driving a Cadillac SUV, he crashed into a fire hydrant and lost consciousness. Woods said his wife had saved him from breaking the window with a golf club, but was found out as a lie within a day. His wife, who heard the news of his ‘sex scandal’, rushed in with a golf club, drove the car and hurriedly ran away, causing an accident. Woods’ sex scandal continued for two years. In 2017, I was arrested by the police for having an accident while driving while taking painkillers and sleeping pills. Many of you will remember the picture of Woods’s face with his pupils open at the time. He has been hospitalized more than ten times for knee and back surgeries. At that time, many people questioned his resurgence. But I got up and wrote a drama like a dwarf. Woods announced his comeback through a three-second swing video that was released for the first time after a car overturned accident on the 22nd of last month (Korean time). Then, on the 19th (Korean time), he and his son Charlie participated in the PNC Championship, a famous professional golfer family match, held at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Course in Orlando, Florida, USA. The swing of ‘Nameless Heojeon’ was still there. Although he couldn’t show his previous swing power while moving on a golf cart, it was very impressive to see him fully bending his injured right knee or walking strides without anyone’s help.

For golf fans, seeing Woods like that is a blessing and a bonus. In addition, it is clear that it will be an opportunity to instill dreams and hopes in many people who are hospitalized or undergoing rehabilitation treatment. I think it’s another reason why he’s revered as the ‘golf king’. I applaud Woods for his indomitable will to make the impossible possible.