CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Tiger Woods has another reason not to like cameras — it cost him a tooth.
Woods made a surprise visit to Italy on Monday to watch girlfriend Lindsey Vonn capture her record 63rd World Cup title. The photo that generated all the buzz was Woods missing his front tooth.
Mark Steinberg, his agent at Excel Sports, explained the missing tooth in an email. He says during a crush of photographers at the awards podium, a media member with a shouldermounted video surged toward the stage, turned and hit Woods in the mouth. That’s what knocked out the tooth.
He did not say when Woods would have it replaced. Golf ’s biggest star returns to competition next week in Phoenix, and his smile is sure to produce a stream of shutters from the cameras.
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