Tiger Woods launched on bail after arrest on suspicion of DUI in Florida

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Tiger Woods was launched on bail late Friday, hours after his Land Rover clipped a truck and rolled onto its aspect, resulting in his arrest on suspicion of driving below the affect, officers stated.

Woods had been travelling at "excessive speeds" on a residential highway and after the crash confirmed "indicators of impairment," Martin County Sheriff John Budensiek stated, including that investigators consider he had taken some form of treatment or drug. He described Woods as torpid and stated he agreed to a breathalyzer check that confirmed no indicators of alcohol, however he refused a urine check and was arrested.

Florida regulation required that he spend no less than eight hours in jail earlier than he may put up bail.

Woods, who was not injured within the crash, had been held separate from others on the jail, Budensiek stated.

"He isn't going to be with different inmates that might damage him or attempt to capitalize on what he did," he stated. "He'll pay the value, however he is not going to pay the value by getting punished in jail."

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It was the second time Woods has been arrested for a DUI not because of the affect of alcohol. He stated he took a foul mixture of painkillers when authorities discovered him in 2017 asleep behind the wheel of his automotive, the engine nonetheless working and its driver's aspect broken. Woods pleaded responsible then to reckless driving.

U.S. President Donald Trump, whose former daughter-in-law is courting Woods, was requested concerning the golfer when he landed in Miami on Friday afternoon for an funding summit.

"I really feel so badly. He is obtained some issue," Trump stated. "Very shut good friend of mine. He is a tremendous individual. Wonderful man. However, some issue."

Tried to cross strain cleaner truck: sheriff The crash occurred simply earlier than 2 p.m. not removed from the place Woods lives on Jupiter Island, Fla.

Budensiek stated Woods tried to cross a strain cleaner truck whereas driving on a two-lane highway with a 48 km/h (30 mph) velocity restrict. He stated authorities couldn't decide how briskly Woods was going.

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The sheriff stated Woods was "co-operative, however he is not attempting to incriminate himself." He stated Woods has the proper to refuse the urine check and that authorities "won't ever get definitive outcomes with what he was impaired on."

Prior crashes This was the fourth time Woods has been concerned in a automotive crash, most just lately in February 2021, when his SUV ran off a coastal highway in Los Angeles at a excessive charge of velocity, resulting in a number of leg and ankle accidents. Woods stated later medical doctors thought of amputation.

He additionally beforehand sustained a number of accidents to his left knee and his again throughout his golf profession.

Woods returned from a number of again surgical procedures to win the 2019 Masters for his fifteenth main. His 82 titles on the PGA Tour is tied for the profession document with Sam Snead.

Since that L.A. crash, he has performed 11 tournaments with out being nearer than 16 pictures to the winner the 4 instances he was capable of end 72 holes.

Friday's arrest comes as Woods was attempting to resolve if he was match sufficient to play the Masters, which begins April 9. He additionally was to be in Augusta, Ga., on April 5 to unveil a golf course venture with Masters chair Fred Ridley.

Woods additionally was days away from what was described as a "tender deadline" to resolve whether or not to be the U.S. Ryder Cup captain for the 2027 matches in Eire.

Woods, 50, had been working his means again to golf from a seventh again surgical procedure in September.

His final official event was the British Open in 2024. Woods ruptured his Achilles tendon in March 2025, and that stored him off the course all season even earlier than the again surgical procedure. He managed to play in his indoor TGL golf league on Tuesday evening.