Tiger Woods nearly lost his life in a Helicopter event 24 years ago amidst one of his best season (Image via Getty)
In 2000, Tiger Woods was having an excellent season and cementing himself as one of the all-time greats in the sport of golf. He won three of the four Majors that year and several other tournaments as well. He also almost lost his life.
Woods and his then-caddie Steve Williams traveled by helicopter to the Alpine Golf and Sports Club in Bangkok for the Johnnie Walker Classic that year. An accident that caused the helicopter to suddenly drop from the sky had both Woods and his caddie thinking death was nigh.
Via Express, Williams said:
“From the hotel where we were staying, we would take a helicopter to the golf course every week from the top of the hotel,” explained the 60-year-old. “And the pilot of the helicopter was an old guy from World War II, who spoke zero English - and he was absolutely amazing. How he navigated to get off the top of those roofs."
