Tiger Woods is undergoing serious rehabilitation after sustaining a serious leg injury in a car crash in Southern California three months ago, according to the athlete's first interview with Golf Digest since the traumatic event.

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"It was a totally different case"Tiger Woods told the media about his injuries. “I understand the rehabilitation process better because of my past injuries, but it has been more painful than anything I have ever experienced. "

Tiger Woods is primarily focused on regaining strength in his right leg, which endured most of his injuries after losing control of his car. According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, the golfer was riding at high speed before ending up on the wrong side of Hawthorne Avenue, where he crashed into a tree by the side of the road. Authorities have confirmed that there was no indication that Woods was intoxicated at the time of the collision and have not filed a complaint.

Doctors at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center discovered comminuted open fractures of the tibia and fibula on Woods' right leg, both of which were immediately operated on. The athlete was then transferred to Cedars Sinai before he could continue his rehabilitation from his South Florida home in mid-March.

"My physical therapy kept me busy", did he declare. “I'm doing my routines every day and I'm focused on my # 1 goal right now: walking on my own. I take one step at a time. "

Tiger Woods is all too familiar with post-injury rehabilitation practices. Between five knee surgeries and five back surgeries - the most recent of which has left doubts about Woods' ability to return for the Masters - the golfer has had his fair share of long-term recoveries.

Tiger Woods declined to answer a question regarding his hopes of playing golf again.

The living legend of golf reappeared a few days ago alongside a child with cancer, in a photo posted on her Instagram account.

Cap back, smile on his face, Tiger Woods, in shorts, leans on crutches, his right leg, bruised, covered with compression tights. At his side, just as smiling, Luna Perrone, 10, presents himself as a "football legend" and "a tough girl fighting against Ewing's sarcoma", a bone cancer.

“I was able to chat quickly with Tiger Woods this weekend when I ran into him on a soccer field! He told me to "stay strong" which has always been my goal! Stay strong physically and mentally and inspire others to do the same! It doesn't matter what you're going through ”, she wrote, to accompany this photo. This is the second time Tiger Woods has appeared on social media since his accident.