US golfer arrested in relation to rollover crash in Florida that didn’t trigger any vital accidents.
Revealed On 28 Mar 2026
Tiger Woods was launched on bail late on Friday, hours after his Land Rover clipped a truck, rolled onto its facet and the golfer was arrested on suspicion of driving beneath 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 sort of treatment or drug.
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He described Woods as torpid and stated he agreed to a Breathalyser check that confirmed no indicators of alcohol, however he refused a urine check and was arrested.
The crash occurred simply earlier than 2pm (18:00 GMT), not removed from the place Woods lives on Jupiter Island.
Woods was booked on the county jail in Stuart at about 3pm. He was launched on bail eight hours later, the minimal allowed beneath state regulation, in keeping with Budensiek.
Woods, who was not injured within the crash, had been held separate from others on the jail, Budensiek stated.
He stated Woods tried to move a stress cleaner truck whereas driving on a two-lane highway with a 48 kilometres per hour (30 miles per hour) pace restrict. He stated authorities couldn’t decide how briskly Woods was going.
The Land Rover swerved to keep away from a collision as he was passing the truck, however clipped the again finish of the truck’s trailer, Budensiek stated. Woods’ automotive then rolled onto its driver’s facet, and he crawled out.
The sheriff stated Woods was “cooperative, however he’s not making an attempt to incriminate himself”.
He stated Woods has the suitable to refuse the urine check and that authorities “won’t ever get definitive outcomes with what he was impaired on”.
It was the second time the 50-year-old Woods had been arrested for a DUI, not on account of the affect of alcohol. He stated he took a nasty mixture of painkillers when authorities discovered him in 2017 asleep behind the wheel of his automotive, the engine nonetheless working and its driver’s facet broken. Woods pleaded responsible then to reckless driving.
This was additionally 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 excessive pace, resulting in a number of leg and ankle accidents. Woods stated later that docs 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 are tied for the profession document with Sam Snead. Since that LA crash, he has performed 11 tournaments with out being nearer than 16 photographs to the winner, the 4 occasions he was capable of end 72 holes.
Friday’s arrest comes as Woods was making an attempt to resolve if he was match sufficient to play the Masters, which begins on April 9. He was additionally to be in Augusta, Georgia, on April 5 to unveil a golf course undertaking with Masters chairman Fred Ridley.
Woods was days away from what was described as a “mushy deadline” to resolve whether or not to be the US Ryder Cup captain for the 2027 matches in Eire.
He had been working his method again to golf from a seventh again surgical procedure in September.
His final official match was the British Open in 2024. Woods ruptured his Achilles tendon in March 2025, which 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.
“I’m making an attempt. Put it that method,” Woods stated eventually month’s Genesis Invitational close to Los Angeles, when requested about taking part in once more.
“The disc alternative has been one factor … I’ve had a fused again and now a disc alternative, so it’s difficult.”
