Rory McIlroy, the celebrated Irish golfer who has also been a four-time major champion, on Wednesday showed concern for Tiger Woods, who was severely injured in an accident on Tuesday, and said that his recovery shall take priority over his career. 

McIlroy told reporters in Florida, “At this stage, I think everyone should just be grateful that he’s here, that he’s alive, that his kids haven’t lost their dad,” adding that, “Golf is so far from the equation right now, it’s not even on the map at this point”, reported AFP. 

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McIlroy also showed support on behalf of Jay Monahan, the Commissioner of the US PGA Tour and said that Woods will be provided the necessary support he needs. 

While backing the statements made by McIlroy, Monahan said, “Listen, when Tiger wants to talk about golf, we’ll talk about golf. But I think right now the entirety of our efforts needs to be around the support.

He added, “When you’re going to overcome what he needs to overcome, I think the love of all of our players and everybody out here, it’s going to come forward in a big way and across the entire sporting world. I think he’ll feel that energy and I think that’s what we should all focus on”, reported AFP. 

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Alex Villanueva, the LA County Sheriff, announced on  Wednesday that Woods will not be facing any reckless driving charges for the accident which caused “significant orthopedic injuries” in the golfer’s ankle and lower right leg. 

He said, “A reckless driving charge has a lot of elements into it, this is purely an accident”, reported AFP. 

In a surgery that lasted for hours, pins and screws were used to provide stability to the severely injured ankle and a rod was placed in the shin bone, the doctors said.