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Podcast: Birdies & Bogeys: Golf's Week in Review
Episode: On Sunday We Wear RED!
Description: Tiger Accident
Tiger Suffered
Shattered right Ankle
Compound fracture right leg (comminuted open fractures: reduced to small particles or fragments) smashed
Tibia broken in 2 places
Internal swelling
Ben Hogan came back and competed 16 months later
Old medical tech, possibly a slower recovery
Ben Hogans car crash injuries: He suffered
a broken left ankle
contusions to his left leg
a broken collarbone
a cracked rib
a double fracture of the pelvis
a head abrasion
internal injuries.
Weston (1994): broke my right leg, Tibia Fibula fracture. No pins or rods, 10 months till cast off. Played golf in less than 12 months (not...