Tiger Woods doesn’t want his career to end like this: source

Tiger Woods doesn’t want to come out like this.

As the golf icon continues to recover from Tuesday’s overturning wreckage outside of Los Angeles, Woods realizes his career on Ties could be at risk, People reported.

“He doesn’t want his career to end like this,” a source close to the 45-year-old said on Wednesday. “So if there is a way he can continue playing golf, he will.”

Woods, who underwent back surgery to remove a fragment of a cutting disc in a nerve after the PNC Championship in December, is “frustrated” by his latest setback in his once unstoppable career.

He also wants to return to the greens as soon as possible if he’s physically capable, the source said.

“He expected 2021 to be the year of his return,” the source continued. “Obviously, that won’t happen now. And it is disappointing for him.

But Woods – who has already had nine surgeries in his career – believes he can add a dramatic comeback to his already imposing resume, the source said.

“It’s a massive setback and he knows it’s a massive setback,” the source told People. “But he has overcome the obstacles of the past and thinks he can do it again.

Woods was aware when he was cleared through the front windshield of a 2021 Genesis GV80 luxury SUV that crashed into a problematic downhill stretch of road in Rancho Palos Verdes.

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva called the crash “purely accidental” and dismissed criminal charges against Woods.

“He wasn’t drunk,” Villanueva said Wednesday. “We can throw that one away.”

If Woods returns to golf, he will be looking to break his record of 82 PGA Tour wins and add to his 15 major championships, just behind Jack Nicklaus.

Woods would apparently have no recollection of the wreckage of a single vehicle, which left him with a shattered right leg. Doctors also inserted a rod into her leg and placed screws in her foot and ankle, according to a statement posted on Twitter.

An orthopedic surgeon at a hospital in California, meanwhile, told the Los Angeles Times on Wednesday that rods, screws and pins such as those used to stabilize Woods are often intended to stay in a patient’s body to life.

“I expect that I won’t anticipate it and walk around for awhile,” Dr. Gregory Tennant of the Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Fontana told the newspaper.

Tennant, who is not treating Woods while he recovers at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, said the accident could impact his often-tormented back.

“Trauma is never really an isolated event,” Tennant told the newspaper. “It’s not uncommon to identify injuries – even serious injuries – days later when the initial high-energy injuries are being treated.

But betting against Woods’ return would be unwise, the surgeon suggested.

“Tiger Woods has been a winner his entire life, and one thing I’ve learned is that you don’t bet against winners,” Tennant said. “You don’t bet against Michael Jordan. You are not betting against Tiger Woods.