{"id":39473,"date":"2021-02-27T22:07:58","date_gmt":"2021-02-27T23:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=39473"},"modified":"2021-02-28T03:58:12","modified_gmt":"2021-02-28T03:58:12","slug":"superstars-perfect-tribute-to-injured-tiger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=39473","title":{"rendered":"Superstar&#039;s perfect tribute to injured Tiger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rory McIlroy will wear Tiger Woods&#x27; iconic red shirt and black pants combo for the final round of the WGC Workday Championship, in tribute to the injured golf icon.<\/p>\n<p>Woods, 45, <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/golf\/tiger-woods-car-crash-leg-injuries-jaws-of-life\/b668a36f-92ef-4f1f-8f1b-d9a847087daf\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"badly injured his right leg in a single-vehicle crash\">badly injured his right leg in a single-vehicle crash<\/a> in Los Angeles County last week. Authorities believe he was lucky to have survived the high-speed accident.<\/p>\n<p>Woods has won 15 major championships wearing a red shirt for the final round, and has also notched 82 PGA Tour tournament wins.<\/p>\n<p>Four-time major winner McIlroy will pay tribute in fitting fashion on Sunday (Monday AEDT), according to The Golf Channel, and will likely be joined by other players.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ToddLewisGC\/status\/1365789099047723010?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\" data-show-caption=\"false\" data-conversation=\"none\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/ToddLewisGC\/status\/1365789099047723010?s=20<\/a><img data-id=\"3b4b19d2-f46b-4949-8e24-5eb63443cf00\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/3b4b19d2-f46b-4949-8e24-5eb63443cf00\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>McIlroy offered one of the most touching reflections on Woods&#x27; accident, bringing perspective to the situation <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/golf\/tiger-woods-crash-leg-injuries-career-likely-over-tim-dahlberg-comment\/fada0a45-60a5-40d0-91d3-a33c3b0e67cd\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"amid fears that his golf career is over\">amid fears that his golf career is over<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;At this stage I think everyone should just be grateful that he&#x27;s here, that he&#x27;s alive, that his kids haven&#x27;t lost their dad,&quot; McIlroy said.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;That&#x27;s the most important thing. Golf is so far from the equation right now, it&#x27;s not even on the map at this point.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>McIlroy fired a six-under 66 in the third round of the WGC event at The Concession Golf Club in Florida, leaving him 11-under after 54 holes and some chance of challenging for victory. Collin Morikawa leads at 15-under after shooting five-under 67 in the third round.<\/p>\n<p>Morikawa and Patrick Reed have also confirmed that they will wear red and black.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"30d3a7fa-901e-46a9-bc3a-f48a02e7154d\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/30d3a7fa-901e-46a9-bc3a-f48a02e7154d\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" title=\"clicking here!\"><em><strong>clicking here!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Rory McIlroy will wear Tiger Woods&#x27; iconic red shirt and black pants combo for the final round of the WGC Workday Championship, in tribute to <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=39473\" title=\"Superstar&#039;s perfect tribute to injured Tiger\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39473"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39473"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39475,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39473\/revisions\/39475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}