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Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player cognize each astir nan grind of golf. The legendary duo mixed for 9 greenish jackets among their 27 full awesome victories.
Tiger Woods has won nan Masters 5 times, and while he will beryllium absent from Augusta this year, he is still successful nan nationalist spotlight aft his apprehension past month.
Amid a broken-down body, Woods has undergone astir 30 surgeries connected his backmost and leg, and during his DUI arrest, authorities said deputies recovered pills identified to beryllium hydrocodone, a medicine opioid for symptom medication.
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Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods and Gary Player look connected earlier nan Past Champions Dinner anterior to nan 150th Open astatine St. Andrews Old Course successful Scotland connected July 12, 2022. (Stuart Kerr/R&A/R&A via Getty Images)
"Do I blasted him for taking medicine? Hell, no. He has slumber deprivation. Do I blasted him for taking thing to thief him sleep? No," Player said Thursday astatine Augusta, via ESPN.
But Player said Woods must beryllium smarter pinch his decision-making.
"I don't deliberation he should thrust a car. When you're taking that medicine, it's vulnerable erstwhile you're driving a car, aforesaid arsenic it's vulnerable erstwhile you look astatine your compartment telephone successful nan car."
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To make matters worse, Woods admitted to authorities aft nan clang that he had been looking astatine his phone. Woods pleaded not blameworthy to driving nether nan power but announced he would "seek treatment" pursuing his arrest.
Tiger Woods was drowsy aft getting arrested. (Martin County Sheriff's Office)
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"My bosom goes retired for him," Player said. "There's thing worse than surviving successful symptom each time of your life. You can't deliberation of thing worse. I conscionable dream he tin get it each sorted retired because he's specified an plus to play and has done truthful overmuch for nan game."
Nicklaus added, "Just immoderate you request to thief you and get back, because I deliberation play needs him, and we'd emotion to person him back."
Woods was granted support connected April 1 to recreation retired of nan state "to participate into broad inpatient treatment." It is believed he is astatine a installation successful Switzerland.
Tiger Woods went done respective exercised earlier getting handcuffed. (Martin County Sheriff's Office)
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Authorities said successful a tribunal bid that a subpoena will beryllium issued later this period for Woods' medicine supplier records from Jan. 1 done nan time of his crash.
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