Tiger Woods’ mom Tida told tearful pal star would survive horror crash and ‘hold his loved ones again’ in emotional call
TIGER Woods’ mother in an emotional phone call told the golf star’s friend that her son would survive the crash and hold loved ones once again.
Kutilda “Tida” Woods offered the positive outlook on her son’s condition to veteran golf writer and best-selling author Pete McDaniel.
McDaniel shared details on the call in the African American Golfer’s Digest on Wednesday, a day after Tiger Woods was involved in a high-speed single vehicle crash near Los Angeles and suffered a shattered ankle and two leg fractures.
The golf writer wrote that he panicked when he saw the news of the crash and “decided to take a chance and call Tiger’s mom.”
“Tida was happy to hear from me and thanked me for my prayers and those of my friends,” McDaniel wrote.
McDaniel said she shared that her son’s injuries were non-life-threatening and that calmed his nerves and eased his fears.
“Thank God. He would survive and be able to hold his loved ones in his arms again,” McDaniel wrote.
“Nothing else matters.”
McDaniel said he was lounging in a lawn chair in his backyard on Tuesday when someone called him and told him to tune into CNN.
The writer who referred to Tiger Woods as a “dear friend” said he was horrified by footage of the wreckage that occurred that morning and afraid it had been fatal.
“I feared for Tiger’s life,” McDaniel recounted.
“I was nauseated as I paced back and forth.”
McDaniel was glad he decided to call Tida Woods, even though he speculated she could be on flight to Los Angeles and wondered, “Can I take the worst news?”
Tida Woods has a close relationship with her son, who is her only child, and accompanied him on the sidelines at many competitions.
She received a Mother of the Year Award from an Asian-American organization and cares deeply about her son.
“Every night, I pray to the Buddha that in the next life Tiger will be my son again,” she previously told ESPN.
Tiger Woods lost control of his SUV on Tuesday morning and survived because the interior of the vehicle remained largely intact and the airbag deployed.
Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said the golf legend was “lucky to be alive.”
Among the people who wished Tiger Woods a speedy recovery were former President Donald Trump, who predicted he was “gonna be back, I have no doubt about it,”
Ex-President Barack Obama believed the same.
“If we’ve learned anything over the years, it’s to never count Tiger out,” Obama tweeted.