Former world number one golfer Tiger Woods had one of his teeth "knocked out" by a camera while supporting his girlfriend Lindsey Vonn at the World Cup Alpine skiing tournament in Italy.

The 39-year-old surprised his other half by attending the event in Cortina d'Ampezzo, where Vonn set a record by claiming 63 World Cup wins.

"During a crush of photographers at the awards podium, a media member with a shoulder-mounted video camera pushed and surged towards the stage, turned and hit Tiger Woods in the mouth," BBC Sport quotes his agent Mark Steinberg as saying. "Woods's tooth was knocked out by the incident."

Woods has been dating Vonn since March last year.