Golf legend Tiger Woods has suffered a dental accident that has led to his front tooth being completely knocked out, apparently at the hands – or elbows – of an overzealous photographer or cameraman. The golfer was attending the skiing World Cup in Italy on Monday to support girlfriend Lindsey Vonn and he tried to hide the dental damage as he cheered his lady to her 63rd World Cup victory.
Tiger was photographed wearing a bandana over the lower half of his face but he couldn’t keep the damage a secret for long as he made his way through the throng to congratulate Ms Vonn on her win. Although previous pictures of the golfer are thought to have shown that the tooth was discoloured, a statement released by the stars agent maintained that it was an accident during a media scrum that lead to the injury.
Mark Steinberg said ‘During a crush of photographers at the awards’ podium at the World Cup event in Italy, a media member with a shoulder-mounted video camera pushed and surged towards the stage, turned and hit Tiger Woods in the mouth. Wood’s tooth was knocked out by the incident.’
Wood’s partner did not seem put off by the missing tooth and exclaimed ‘No way!’ when she saw the golfer, as she was lead to believe that he would not be able to attend the event.