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NBC Sports struggled to support way of Tiger Woods’ car crashes complete nan weekend.
The web showed a photo of nan athlete’s 2021 accident successful their broadcast Saturday aft his DUI arrest nan erstwhile time — and issued an awkward apology hours later.
“We want to return this clip to make a correction,” Dan Hicks said connected Saturday while covering nan Houston Open.
“Before we came connected nan aerial today, our workplace inadvertently showed nan incorrect image of nan car clang Tiger Woods was in,” nan journalist continued. “It was different erstwhile car crash.
“It was not nan correct 1 — nan latest 1 that was yesterday,” he added. “We apologize for that and conscionable want to straighten that retired earlier we spell immoderate further.”
A spokesperson for NBC did not instantly respond to Page Six’s petition for comment.
On Saturday, NBC Sports viewers saw an image of Woods’ near-fatal mishap successful California successful 2021 arsenic Paul Burmeister reported connected Friday’s Jupiter Island, Fla., crash.
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Woods’ Genesis GV80 SUV flipped complete aggregate times successful nan 2021 incident, which occurred arsenic nan master golfer sped astir 85 mph successful a 45 mph zone.
On Friday, his Land Rover SUV rolled complete aft clipping nan trailer of a unit cleaner motortruck Woods was attempting to pass.
Woods was arrested and charged pinch driving nether nan influence.
According to authorities, he showed “signs of impairment and refused a urinalysis test, starring to charges of DUI pinch spot harm and refusal to taxable to a lawful test.”
Woods, whose breathalyzer trial returned negative, was released Friday aft 8 hours successful jail.
He was past arrested connected suspicion of DUI successful May 2017 erstwhile he fell dormant down nan instrumentality pinch his motor running.
At nan time, Woods was recovered by cops connected nan broadside of nan roadworthy pinch nan driver’s broadside of his 2015 Mercedes-Benz damaged.
The 50-year-old pleaded blameworthy to a lesser complaint of reckless driving successful an October 2017 plea deal.
In a statement, Woods attributed his behaviour to an “unexpected reaction” to prescribed Vicodin and Xanax.
He has yet to speak retired connected Friday’s rollover crash.
