Hogan, who died in 1997 at the age of 84, nearly lost his life in February 1949 when a Greyhound bus smashed into his black Cadillac while he was driving with his wife in Texas, according to the Golf Channel.
It took nearly one hour for emergency personnel to extract him from the wreckage.
His wife, Valerie, escaped with minor injuries, in large part because the golf great shielded her with his body just moments before the impact.
Doctors at the El Paso hospital where Hogan was taken feared he wouldn’t survive his injuries — but Hogan did recover and was back on the green in under a year.
Hogan played in pain for the rest of his life but continued a stellar career that has him ranked as one of golf’s greatest players with 64 total Professional Golfers Association Tour victories, according to his PGA Tour profile.
On Tuesday, Woods suffered injuries to both legs and was rushed into surgery after his SUV rolled over in Rancho Palos Verde in Los Angeles County.
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[ed. Just home from a golf outing today and heard the news. I'm afraid this is it (for competitive PGA Tour golf). We may see Tiger on the Champion's Tour someday, maybe not, but there's always coaching, broadcasting, course design and other pursuits he could still be successful at, too. Still, a very sad end to a phenomenal career.]
