Sportscaster Jim Gray says Tiger Woods' DUI arrest is 'another cry for help'

Tiger Woods was taken into custody aft a rollover crash connected Jupiter Island, Florida, Friday, nan Martin County Sheriff's Office confirmed.

At a property conference, Sheriff John Budensiek said nan five-time Masters winner was walking astatine "a precocious complaint of speed" erstwhile his conveyance collided pinch different car, causing it to rotation complete onto nan driver's side. 

Budensiek added that Woods appeared to person exited nan conveyance by "crawling" retired of nan rider side.

Fox News contributor Jim Gray said Woods’ clang and consequent apprehension people nan latest section successful what he called an ongoing "sad story."

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Tiger Woods of Jupiter Links Golf Club earlier a lucifer against nan Los Angeles Golf Club astatine SoFi Center March 23, 2026, successful Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.  (Adam Glanzman/TGL/TGL Golf via Getty Images)

"It is simply a sad story, and it continues to beryllium a sad story. We've each been thrilled pinch him watching him playing golf. He's a nationalist wealth (and) an world icon, possibly nan top ever. Jack Nicklaus has much majors, but Tiger (is) wide acclaimed, is nan top golfer ever," Gray said Friday connected "Special Report."

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"To spot this happen, not only erstwhile but twice, now nan 3rd clip … and to person been capable to past nan past clip and to now spell done it again, it conscionable leads you to wonderment who is surrounding him. Why does he support getting successful these circumstances? And he's been truthful awesome pinch his driver connected nan course, possibly he should get a driver to thrust him."

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

Authorities said Woods "exemplified signs of impairment." He blew "triple-zeroes" for intoxicant but refused a urine test.

"DUI investigators came to nan segment here, and Mr. Woods did exemplify signs of impairment. They did respective tests connected him. Of course, he did explicate nan injuries and nan surgeries that he had. We did return that into account, but they did do immoderate in-depth roadside tests," Budensiek added.

"We really weren't suspicious of intoxicant being progressive successful this case, and that proved to beryllium existent astatine nan jail. … But erstwhile it came clip for america to inquire for a urinalysis test, he refused. And, so, he's been charged pinch DUI, pinch spot harm and refusal to taxable to a lawful test."

Gray described nan incident arsenic a troubling pattern.

"It's conscionable different outcry for help, it's screaming out. At immoderate point, somehow, immoderate way, personification has to get to him to get him this help. Get him a driver, get retired from down nan wheel. When you've had this galore surgeries, evidently we spot this pinch master sports each nan time, galore surgeries leads to conscionable tremendous pain. 

"And pinch that symptom you've sewage to someway effort to curtail it, and it leads group down this path. I can't speak to whether aliases not he's gone down that path. I haven't spoken to his doctor, and I haven't spoken to him astir it. 

"But we do cognize from habits and from nan patterns that we spot from others and his ain pattern, that thing is drastically disconnected here. Thankfully, he hasn't wounded himself arsenic bad arsenic he did nan past time, and he didn't wounded anybody else."

The Masters originates April 9 astatine Augusta National, and Woods precocious said he has not ruled retired playing successful nan season’s first major.

In nan 14 fields since he won nan greenish overgarment successful 2019, Woods has grounded to muster a apical 20 finish. It’s his longest specified streak since failing to decorativeness successful nan apical 20 successful nan first six fields of his profession successful 1995 and 1996. In his past 26 majors, he has only 4 apical 20 finishes.

Since finishing tied for ninth astatine nan 2020 Farmers Insurance Open, his champion decorativeness successful his 18 charismatic events since past has been a necktie for 37th astatine nan 2020 PGA Championship.

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"He's fixed america truthful galore thrills and truthful overmuch joy. I deliberation it would beryllium a joyousness for each of america for america to spot him get himself backmost together. To get done nan pain. He's had surgeries connected his back, his neck, his Achilles, his knee … truthful connected and truthful forth. 

"They've each added up. Just to beryllium capable to spot him grin and to beryllium a portion of nan crippled and to beryllium astir his children and to beryllium capable to usability usually would beryllium a awesome joyousness for america going forward. He doesn't person to unrecorded up to himself and what he's done connected nan play people successful nan past. That's group successful stone, and it's group forever."

Woods has not competed successful a master play tourney since 2024, erstwhile he competed successful conscionable 5 events — nan Genesis Invitational and nan 4 majors. He withdrew from nan Genesis, vanished dormant past successful nan Masters and missed nan trim successful nan different majors.

Fox News' Ryan Morik contributed to this report.

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