PRO GOLF: Tiger Woods seriously injured in crash on steep LA-area road

L.A. County Sheriff's officers investigate an accident involving famous golfer Tiger Woods along Hawthorne Boulevard on Tuesday in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. (WALLY SKALIJ/Los Angeles Times/TNS)
L.A. County Sheriff's officers investigate an accident involving famous golfer Tiger Woods along Hawthorne Boulevard on Tuesday in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. (WALLY SKALIJ/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

LOS ANGELES — Tiger Woods crashed his SUV on sweeping, downhill road in the Los Angels suburbs Tuesday morning, and doctors tried to stabilize “significant” injuries to his right leg with rods an…