JUPITER ISLAND, Fla. — Tiger Woods was arrested on a DUI charge after a rollover crash Friday afternoon on Jupiter Island, according to authorities.
It happened just after 2 p.m. on a stretch of the island in Martin County, an area where Woods has lived for years.
In a news conference Friday, Martin County Sheriff John Budensiek said Woods, who clipped a pickup truck pulling a pressure cleaner with his Land Rover “at a high rate of speed,” causing the SUV to roll over, was unhurt. But he said the golf legend “did exemplify signs of impairment.”
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“Mr. Woods did a breathalyzer test, blew triple zeros, but when it came time for us to ask for a urinalysis test, he refused and so he’s been charged with DUI with property damage and refusal to submit to a lawful test in the crash,” Budensiek said.
Woods’ manager at Excel Sports did not immediately respond to a text message from the Associated Press seeking information.
It was the third time Woods has been involved in a car crash, most recently in February 2021 when his SUV ran off a coastal road in Los Angeles at a high rate of speed that led to multiple leg and ankle injuries. Woods said later doctors considered amputation.
He also was arrested on a DUI charge in 2017 when south Florida police found him asleep behind the wheel of his car that was parked awkwardly with damage to the driver’s side. Woods said later he had taken a bad mix of painkillers.
Woods had been working his way back to golf from a seventh back surgery last September. He had not decided whether he could play in the Masters on April 9-12.
His last official tournament was the British Open in 2024. Woods ruptured his Achilles tendon in March 2025 and that kept him off the course all season, and then he had another back surgery in September. He managed to play in his indoor TGL golf league on Tuesday night.
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