Golf superstar Tiger Woods was released from a Florida hospital Friday following a car accident outside his home, his office and the medical facility said. “Tiger Woods was in a minor car accident outside his home last night. He was admitted, treated and released today in good condition,” said a statement from Woods' office and the Florida Health Central Hospital posted on the golfer's website. The Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) said Woods' 2009 Cadillac SUV crashed into a fire hydrant and then into a tree after leaving his property early Friday in the Isleworth community in Windermere, a suburb of Orlando. The accident happened at around 2:25 A.M., FHP spokeswoman Kim Montes said. The FHP had been quoted in earlier media reports saying Woods was transported to the hospital in “serious condition,” and Windermere Mayor Gary Bruhn told CNN that Woods suffered “some facial lacerations” in the accident. Woods, a 14-time major winner, had been set to play his last tournament of the year at the Chevron World Challenge at Thousand Oaks, California, Dec. 3-6 – an event he hosts annually. The crash was still under investigation and charges could be pending, the FHP said, adding that that the incident was not alcohol related. Woods' $2.4 million home is part of the exclusive Isleworth subdivision near Orlando, a community set on an Arnold Palmer-designed golf course and a chain of small lakes. The neighborhood, which is fortified with high brick walls and has its own security force, is home to CEOs and other sports stars such as the NBA basketball player Shaquille O'Neal. The 33-year-old Woods, who has won 82 times around the world and 14 majors, attended the Stanford-Cal football game last Saturday, where he tossed the coin at the start of the game and was inducted into Stanford's sports Hall of Fame at halftime. According to Forbes business magazine, Woods is the first athlete to have broken through the billion dollars earnings mark. Aged just 25, he became the first man to win the US Open, the British Open, the USPGA and the Masters on a roll to make him the first simultaneous holder of all four major championship titles at the same time. Earlier this month, Woods landed the Australian Masters. This year he landed eight titles after eight months out of action recovering from reconstructive surgery on his left knee, but failed to win a major. Woods is married to former Swedish model Elin Nordegren and the couple have two children, Sam Alexis, born in 2007, and Charlie Axel, born earlier this year.
