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World number 11 McIlroy delivered the update on
Woods while speaking in a video call with "Tonight Show" host
Jimmy Fallon that aired late on Tuesday.
"I've spoken to him a little bit," McIlroy said from Ponte Vedra
Beach, Florida, where he is the defending champion at this
week's Players Championship. "He's doing better. I think all the
guys have reached out to him.
"Hopefully if things go well over the next week or so he might
be able to get home and start recovery at home which would be
great for him. See his kids, see his family.
"But yeah, he's doing better and I just think all of us are
wishing him a speedy recovery at this point," added the
four-times major champion.
Woods was taken to hospital in Los Angeles two weeks ago after
losing control of the vehicle he was driving. The golfing great
was negotiating a curved, downhill stretch of highway when his
vehicle veered across the opposite lanes, collided with a road
sign and rolled several times.
McIlroy said Woods texted him ahead of the final round of last
week's Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill in Orlando where
he began the day within striking distance of the top of the
leaderboard but struggled to a closing four-over-par 76.
"He texted me some words of encouragement before the final round
at Bay Hill on Sunday and things didn't quite go to plan and he
was the first one to text me and be like 'what's going on
here?'" said McIlroy.
"So even from the hospital bed he's still giving me some heat."
(Reporting by Frank Pingue in Toronto; Editing by Toby Davis)
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