Tiger Woods and Justin Thomas in 2020.Photo: Tom Pennington/Getty
Tiger Woodsis doing well, and exploring his future in professional golf, according to pal Justin Thomas.
Fellow golfer Thomas spoke about Woods while appearing on theNoLayingUppodcast, teasing that the iconic athlete is “still his sarcastic ass h— self” after surviving a scarysingle-vehicle rollover car crashin February.
“He’s doing well, especially all things considered. I mean, it’sGroundhog Day,” Thomas said. “Every day’s the exact same thing for him. But at least he’s able to — pictures are going around of him at [his son]Charlie’s tournament, [his daughter] Sam’s soccer tournamentshere and there. He’s able to be a dad somewhat again, which is most important.”
As for a return to the PGA Tour for Woods, the 28-year-old admitted, “I don’t know.”
“I mean, I know that he’s going to try,” explained the 2017 PGA Championship winner. “I just, I don’t see him ever playing if he can’t play well. He doesn’t strike me as a guy that’s like, he’s played at home and he’s shooting a bunch of 75s and 76s and he’s like ‘Alright, I’m gonna give [the Masters] a try this year.’ Like that’s not really gonna be him, at least to my understanding, or from what I know of him.”
Continued Thomas, “I think he knows that there’s a pretty good chance that that was the last chance he really ever had, before that, of making another run, but at the same time, I know how determined he is and I know he’s going to want to at least try to give something again.”
Thomas said he “obviously” hopes Woods is able to return to golf, but knows that for his friend, the “No. 1 priority” is to focus on being a dad to Charlie, 12, and Sam, 14, “and the rest of this is a bonus.”
Woods suffered significant orthopedic injuries to his right leg, including fractures to his tibia and fibula bones, in the February car crash in California.
In October,the same source told PEOPLEthat Woods “has worked very hard in physical therapy. … He has had an incredible recovery.”
Another insider said at the time that Woods was “feeling strong and healthy and optimistic that he’ll be able to return to tour.”
When he’ll be back was unclear, but Woods had a “timeframe in his head,” the insider said, adding “He knows when he wants to return, and he’s going to make it happen.”
source: people.com
