Tiger Woods Arrested for DUI in Florida Crash
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- Tiger Woods was arrested on DUI, property damage, and refusal-to-submit charges after rolling his Land Rover on Jupiter Island, Florida, on Friday afternoon, and was released on bail after a mandatory eight-hour jail hold.
- Martin County Sheriff John Budensiek said investigators suspected impairment by an unknown substance rather than alcohol, noting Woods passed a breathalyser with "triple zeros" but refused a urine test; "we will never get definitive results," Budensiek said.
- President Donald Trump, calling Woods "a very close friend" and "an amazing person," said "I feel so badly" about the arrest.
- The crash happened when Woods allegedly tried to overtake a pressure cleaner truck at a "high rate of speed" on Beach Road; he had to crawl out through the passenger door and no one was injured.
- The arrest throws Woods' Masters participation into doubt — the tournament starts in less than two weeks, and he had just returned to competitive golf at this week's TGL indoor league finals, his first tournament action since July 2024.
- This is Woods' third notable driving-related incident, following a 2017 DUI arrest in Florida (pleaded guilty to reckless driving after medications and THC were found) and a 2009 crash that exposed extramarital affairs and cost him major sponsorships.
Why it matters: Woods, 50, is recovering from a ruptured Achilles tendon (March 2025) and back surgery (October) and had just returned to competitive golf this week; a DUI case now threatens his appearance at the Masters, a tournament he's won five times and last played competitively at in 2022's grueling limp through all four rounds.
