# Tyrese Haliburton - has there been a severe injury as badly timed and with longterm impact like his?

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**Post date:** [July 19, 2025, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tyrese-haliburton-has-there-been-a-severe-injury-as-badly-timed-and-with-longterm-impact-like-his/1020660/7 "2025-07-19T20:32:33Z")

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Tiger Woods used to be the most unstoppable, unbeatable, untouchable force in _all_ of sports. He had the length of Plastic Man could make immensely risky sand and heavy rough saves practically at will. His focus was nuke-proof. He instilled abject terror in his opponents. His achievements were so phenomenal the golf press had to _invent new names_ for them. (Remember “Tiger Slam”?) He won 14 majors in almost dismissively easy fashion and was on pace to absolutely obliterate all records.

And then in late 2009…[he got into a little accident.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-injured/519163) “Minor injuries”, went the report. 😆(🥺💀)

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