Sportscaster Jim Grey says Tiger Woods’ DUI arrest a ‘cry for assist’

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Tiger Woods was taken into custody after a rollover crash on Jupiter Island, Florida, Friday, the Martin County Sheriff's Workplace confirmed.

At a press convention, Sheriff John Budensiek stated the five-time Masters winner was touring at "a excessive fee of velocity" when his automobile collided with one other automobile, inflicting it to roll over onto the driving force's aspect.

Budensiek added that Woods appeared to have exited the automobile by "crawling" out of the passenger aspect.

Fox Information contributor Jim Grey stated Woods’ crash and subsequent arrest mark the newest chapter in what he known as an ongoing "unhappy story."

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Tiger Woods of Jupiter Hyperlinks Golf Membership earlier than a match towards the Los Angeles Golf Membership at SoFi Middle March 23, 2026, in Palm Seashore Gardens, Fla. (Adam Glanzman/TGL/TGL Golf by way of Getty Pictures)

"It's a unhappy story, and it continues to be a tragic story. We have all been thrilled with him watching him taking part in golf. He is a nationwide treasure (and) a world icon, maybe the best ever. Jack Nicklaus has extra majors, however Tiger (is) broadly acclaimed, is the best golfer ever," Grey stated Friday on "Particular Report."

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"To see this occur, not solely as soon as however twice, now the third time … and to have been capable of survive the final time and to now undergo it once more, it simply leads you to marvel who's surrounding him. Why does he preserve getting in these circumstances? And he is been so nice together with his driver on the course, maybe he ought to get a driver to drive him."

Golfer Tiger Woods stands by his overturned automobile in Jupiter Island, Fla., Friday, March 27, 2026. (Jason Oteri/AP)

Authorities said Woods "exemplified indicators of impairment." He blew "triple-zeroes" for alcohol however refused a urine take a look at.

"DUI investigators got here to the scene right here, and Mr. Woods did exemplify indicators of impairment. They did a number of exams on him. After all, he did clarify the accidents and the surgical procedures that he had. We did take that under consideration, however they did do some in-depth roadside exams," Budensiek added.

"We actually weren't suspicious of alcohol being concerned on this case, and that proved to be true on the jail. … However when it got here time for us to ask for a urinalysis take a look at, he refused. And, so, he is been charged with DUI, with property injury and refusal to undergo a lawful take a look at."

Grey described the incident as a troubling sample.

"It is simply one other cry for assist, it is screaming out. In some unspecified time in the future, in some way, a way, any individual has to get to him to get him this assist. Get him a driver, get out from behind the wheel. If you've had this many surgical procedures, clearly we see this with skilled sports activities on a regular basis, quite a few surgical procedures results in simply great ache.

"And with that ache you have to in some way attempt to curtail it, and it leads individuals down this path. I can not communicate as to whether or not he is gone down that path. I have not spoken to his physician, and I have not spoken to him about it.

"However we do know from habits and from the patterns that we see from others and his personal sample, that one thing is drastically off right here. Fortunately, he hasn't harm himself as unhealthy as he did the final time, and he did not harm anyone else."

The Masters begins April 9 at Augusta Nationwide, and Woods just lately stated he has not ruled out playing within the season’s first main.

Within the 14 majors since he gained the inexperienced jacket in 2019, Woods has did not muster a prime 20 end. It’s his longest such streak since failing to complete within the prime 20 within the first six majors of his profession in 1995 and 1996. In his final 26 majors, he has solely 4 prime 20 finishes.

Since ending tied for ninth on the 2020 Farmers Insurance coverage Open, his greatest end in his 18 official occasions since then has been a tie for thirty seventh on the 2020 PGA Championship.

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"He is given us so many thrills and a lot pleasure. I feel it might be a pleasure for all of us for us to see him get himself again collectively. To get by way of the ache. He is had surgical procedures on his again, his neck, his Achilles, his knee … so on and so forth.

"They've all added up. Simply to have the ability to see him smile and to be part of the sport and to be round his youngsters and to have the ability to perform usually can be an incredible pleasure for us going ahead. He does not need to reside as much as himself and what he is executed on the golf course previously. That is set in stone, and it is set perpetually."

Woods has not competed in knowledgeable golf match since 2024, when he competed in simply 5 occasions — the Genesis Invitational and the 4 majors. He withdrew from the Genesis, completed lifeless final within the Masters and missed the reduce within the different majors.