TIGER Woods was found unconscious in his SUV after his crash by a local man, new court documents revealed on Friday. 

A man who lives near the Rolling Hills Estates told law enforcement officials he heard a crash and walked to the accident scene where he saw Woods, according to an affidavit submitted by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Johann Schloegl.

The man tried speak with Woods but he would not answer questions and was unresponsive, the affidavit states.

Shortly after, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Carlos Gonzalez arrived at the scene and said Woods was conscious and able to answer basic questions. 

It is the first time since the crash on February 23 that authorities have disclosed that the golf star was unconscious.

According to the affidavit, Woods told sheriff's deputies at the site and at the hospital that he did not remember driving or how the crash happened.

It is not unusual for people involved in a serious vehicle crash to lose consciousness or have memory lapses, particularly if there are head injuries, said trauma surgeon Dr Andre Campbell of the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center.

Patients could lose consciousness for anywhere from a few seconds to a couple minutes to several hours and possibly never regain that memory loss, Campbell added.

"A lot of times people will tell you, 'I don't remember what happened," he said.

Campbell, who is not part of Woods' medical team, said it is "a credit to modern engineering" that the golf player survived.

Law enforcement officials are pulling data from the “black box” data recorder in Woods’ 2021 Genesis GV80 as part of an investigation on his speed leading up to the crash.

Schloegl has requested information from the crash date and the prior day.

“I believe the data will explain how/why the collision occurred,” Schloegl said in the affidavit. 

Sheriff's officials have not yet spoken about what was found in the black box.

"The traffic collision investigation is ongoing and traffic investigators continue to work to determine the cause of the collision," Sheriff's Deputy Du Busky said in a statement on Friday.

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Woods was driving downhill at speed on Hawthorne Boulevard and crossed a central reservation, causing his vehicle to roll several times before coming to a halt in a grassy area.

The golf legend underwent surgery to stabilize his shattered tibia and fibula bones and had screws and pins inserted for his ankle and foot injuries.

Sheriff Alex Villanueva said there was no evidence that Woods was driving impaired or under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

Los Angeles County Deputy Carlos Gonzalez recalls arriving at scene of Tiger Woods crash