Tiger Woods was driving nearly twice the speed limit before Los Angeles car crash

Tiger Woods was speeding when he crashed his SUV in February, which left the 45-year-old golf legend with serious injuries, authorities said Wednesday. His vehicle was traveling between 84 and 87 mph in an area outside Los Angeles with a 45 mph speed limit, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said in a news conference.

"The primary causal factor for this traffic collision was driving at a speed unsafe for the road conditions and the inability to negotiate the curve of the roadway," Villanueva said. On February 23, Woods struck a median around 7 a.m. local time in Rolling Hills Estates. His vehicle went off of the road, hit a tree and rolled over in an area known for accidents. Woods spent weeks in the hospital after undergoing surgery and is now recovering at home.