{"id":53863,"date":"2021-02-24T19:29:27","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T23:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=53863"},"modified":"2021-02-24T19:29:27","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T23:29:27","slug":"was-tiger-woods-actually-drugged-by-someone-before-his-leg-injuring-car-wreck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=53863","title":{"rendered":"Was Tiger Woods actually drugged by someone before his leg-injuring car wreck?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Fans worried over Tiger Woods\u2019 \u2018bloated\u2019 and \u2018zoned out\u2019 TV interview before crash<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->By Lia Eustachewich<br \/>\nNew York Post<\/p>\n<p>Tiger Woods appeared exhausted on TV the day before\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/02\/23\/tiger-woods-injured-in-serious-california-car-crash\/\">his serious car wreck<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 fueling fears among his fans worried about his \u201cbloated\u201d and \u201czoned out\u201d appearance.<\/p>\n<p>Woods had bags under his eyes when he was interviewed by CBS Sports on Sunday at the Genesis Invitational in California.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m feeling fine, I\u2019m feeling fine,\u201d the golf great told host Jim Nantz, who\u2019d asked about his recovery from back surgery \u2014 and potential return to the Masters in April. \u201cA little bit stiff. One more MRI scheduled \u2026 and then I can start doing more activities. But still in the gym, still doing the mundane stuff that you have to do for rehab, you know, the little things before I can start gravitating toward something a little more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But fans were not convinced the PGA legend was doing \u201cfine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTiger Woods looked absolutely fried in that interview just now,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WillTrinkwon\/status\/1363612549283987462\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">one person tweeted.<\/a>\u00a0\u201cBloated, dull looking face and sounded like he was speaking through a muffler. Honestly reckon this last surgery could be the end for him.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img class=\"wp-image-17401171 lazyloaded\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/tiger-woods-6.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/tiger-woods-6.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/tiger-woods-6.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/tiger-woods-6.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/tiger-woods-6.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w\" alt=\"Tiger Woods\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/tiger-woods-6.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/tiger-woods-6.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/tiger-woods-6.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/tiger-woods-6.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/tiger-woods-6.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Tiger Woods underwent surgery to place a rod in his lower right leg and screws and pins in his foot and ankle following the car accident.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Brian Rothmuller\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Another\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pailharvey\/status\/1364301931095543810\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">noted<\/a>, \u201cTiger seemed messed up during his Sunday interview on CBS.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs it me or did tiger woods just look completely zoned out during that interview?\u201d another\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TracyDykes5\/status\/1363612433236054018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">commented<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Woods was at the Genesis Invitational to present the trophy to winner Max Homa.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, he suffered serious injuries to his legs \u2014 requiring immediate surgery \u2014 after\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/02\/24\/road-where-tiger-woods-crashed-known-as-danger-zone-report\/\">crashing his car on a dangerous stretch of road<\/a>\u00a0in Rancho Palos Verdes.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img class=\"wp-image-17401587 lazyloaded\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/tiger-woods-crash-2-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/tiger-woods-crash-2-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/tiger-woods-crash-2-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/tiger-woods-crash-2-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/tiger-woods-crash-2-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" alt=\"Wreckage from Tiger Woods' crash along a road in the Rancho Palos Verdes suburb of Los Angeles on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021.  \" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/tiger-woods-crash-2-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/tiger-woods-crash-2-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/tiger-woods-crash-2-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/tiger-woods-crash-2-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/tiger-woods-crash-2-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Wreckage from Tiger Woods\u2019 crash along a road in the Rancho Palos Verdes suburb of Los Angeles on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Ringo H.W. Chiu\/AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Authorities said he was \u201ccalm and lucid\u201d when he was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/02\/23\/tiger-woods-calm-and-lucid-following-crash\/\">pulled from the wreckage<\/a>\u00a0and taken to the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>He underwent surgery to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/02\/24\/tiger-woods-recovering-from-surgery-rod-placed-in-leg-screws-in-ankle\/\">place a rod in his lower right leg<\/a>\u00a0and screws and pins in his foot and ankle \u2014 injuries officials called \u201csignificant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/02\/24\/fans-say-tiger-woods-looked-zoned-out-on-tv-before-crash\/\">https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/02\/24\/fans-say-tiger-woods-looked-zoned-out-on-tv-before-crash\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fans worried over Tiger Woods\u2019 \u2018bloated\u2019 and \u2018zoned out\u2019 TV interview before crash<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=53863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53863\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}