'I'm so far from that,' Tiger Woods, his leg and back hurting, says of PGA Tour return - CBC.ca

Tiger Woods had nothing to say about the February car crash that shattered his right leg and he had even less of an idea what his future in golf holds except that he's a long way from deciding whether he can compete against the best.

"I can show up here and I can host an event, I can play a par-3 course, I can hit a few shots, I can chip and putt," he said Tuesday.

"But we're talking about going out there and playing against the world's best on the most difficult golf courses under the most difficult conditions.

Woods, who was close to having his leg amputated after he lost control of his car in Los Angeles, won two of his 15 career major titles at the Old Course at St.

It's my favourite golf course in the world," Woods said at Albany Golf Club in the Bahamas where he is host of this week's Hero World Challenge.

Woods addressed the media for the first time since his Feb.

Doctors said he shattered tibia and fibula bones in his right leg in multiple locations.

Asked his recollection of the accident, Woods said curtly, "All those answers have been answered in the investigation, so you can read about all that there in the police report." When asked if he had any flashbacks to the trauma, he replied: "I don't, no.

Woods said he felt fortunate to be alive and to still have his right leg and to be able to walk into the press center at Albany Golf Club without a noticeable limp.

Woods is the host of the Hero World Challenge, which starts Thursday for 20 elite players.

He said he spent three months immobilized — a makeshift hospital bed was set up in his Florida home — before he could start moving around on crutches and eventually walk on his own.

On Tuesday, Woods hit the brakes on any notion that a comeback was near.

"I've come off long layoffs and I've won or come close to winning before," he said.

Since the accident, Woods gave an interview to Golf Digest (with which he has a financial deal) in May and a video interview with the Discovery-owned outlet that was published Monday.

players at the Ryder Cup and says the players with whom he's close have kept in touch.

He said friends kept him from what was being said and written about him, and he refused to watch anything on TV except for sports.

Meanwhile, the Masters is four months away, and to hear Woods speak about the long road ahead, anything but the Masters Club dinner for champions seemed unlikely.

Woods said everything was a short-term goal.