Professional golfer Tiger Woods was seriously injured in a car accident early this morning, the Florida Highway Patrol just reported.

Woods, 33, pulled out of his driveway in the Isleworth community about 2:25 a.m. when he struck a fire hydrant, and then drove into a tree at his neighbor's property, FHP reported.

Woods was transported to Health Central Hospital in Ocoee in serious condition, FHP said. No other information about his condition has been released.

A Health Central hospital employee said at 2:30 p.m. that Woods was not a patient. A hospital operator would not say if Woods had been treated and released.

FHP said the airbags in Woods' Cadillac Escalade did not deploy, which means the vehicle was traveling under 33 mph.

Orange County Fire Rescue received the call for aid at 2:28 a.m. Woods was transported from his Windermere-area neighborhood by the hospital's own ambulance.

FHP did not report the accident until just after 2 p.m. today. The agency said the crash remains under investigation and charges are pending.
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... Apologies.

from the BBC website: 'An official was quoted as saying the accident, which happened at 0225 local time ... was not alcohol related.' So what IS he on, then?

that instead of driving on the right, he went

..he was supposed to be a superb driver.

after he putter in reverse.

He was just driving Thierry Henry home and got hit on the temple by one of Roger "Prankster" Federer's tennis balls.

Doh . . that pesky Roger!

Yours smoothly shaven,

"Come on, which of us hasn't stormed out of the house in the middle of the night pursued by the GLW wielding a driving iron?"

Indeed - a scene straight out of PG Wodehouse or a Howard Hawks movie

that's for sure. If you've ever seen his behaviour on a golf course, he is petulence personified. I must admit I do like the idea that his wife chased after him wielding a 7-iron. Can't wait for the CC footage.

from the Times website:

*What were Tiger Woods and his wife doing out at 2.30 in the morning? They went clubbing.

*Tiger Woods crashed into a fire hydrant and a tree. He couldn’t decide between a wood and an iron.

*Apparently, Tiger admitted this crash was the closest shave he’s ever had. So Gillette has dropped his contract.