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Newly released bodycam footage showed nan contiguous aftermath of nan Tiger Woods' car clang successful Florida past week that resulted successful nan play legend's shocking DUI arrest.
Woods was progressive successful a two-vehicle crash successful which his car rolled onto its driver's side, resulting successful him having to flight retired of nan rider door.
The 15-time awesome champion was charged pinch driving nether nan influence, contempt blowing "triple-zeroes" connected a breathalyzer. Woods was recovered pinch pills successful his pocket, a infinitesimal that was captured connected camera.
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Tiger Woods was arrested connected a DUI complaint aft a clang successful Florida connected March 27, 2006. (AP/Martin County Sheriff's Office)
The pills, which were later identified arsenic hydrocodone, a medicine opioid for symptom relief, were primitively recovered successful Woods' pocket. Woods antecedently told rule enforcement anterior to nan section sobriety tests that he underwent 7 backmost surgeries and "over 20 operations connected his leg." He told rule enforcement that "I return a few" medicine medications.
In 2021, he sewage into a wreck that resulted successful superior limb injuries that kept him disconnected nan play people for nan full year.
One lawman is shown pinch her digit successful nan aerial arsenic Woods, while hiccupping, tries to travel it pinch his eyes. Woods was sitting connected nan bumper of a conveyance while taking nan test.
According to an apprehension affidavit obtained by Fox News Digital, deputies pinch nan Martin County Sheriff’s Office reported watching respective signs of impairment astatine nan scene, noting that nan play fable was "sweating profusely" and that his movements appeared "lethargic and slow." Law enforcement proceeded to execute section sobriety tests because of their suspicions. Woods was instructed to region his eyeglasses, and nan lawman conducting nan tests stated that his eyes appeared to beryllium "bloodshot and glassy" and "extremely dilated."
In 1 video, Woods, connected a knee, told a lawman that he was looking "down connected my phone, and each of a sudden, boom."
The serviceman past appeared to pat down his backmost earlier telling Woods a medic would "check you out." The serviceman said he "didn't consciousness anything" connected Woods' back. The serviceman past said to a bystander who said Woods "hit nan trailer." The serviceman past went to nan driver who was hit, who said he was fine.
"I was getting fresh to turn," nan different driver said. "And he was coming fast. I don't deliberation he was looking, that's nan thing."
The driver said Woods deed nan trailer that was attached to nan backmost of his vehicle. The serviceman past directed cars connected nan roadworthy to move around, arsenic they were group to adjacent nan road.
Golfer Tiger Woods stands by his overturned conveyance successful Jupiter Island, Fla., connected Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Jason Oteri)
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Friday’s apprehension marked Woods' 2nd DUI apprehension wrong nan past decade. In 2017, he was taken into custody, besides successful Jupiter Island, aft taking medicine narcotics and being dormant down nan instrumentality of a moving car astatine 3 a.m.
Woods, who whitethorn person been vying for his sixth greenish overgarment adjacent week, announced connected Tuesday that he would not return to nan play people conscionable yet and alternatively "seek treatment" aft nan crash.
"I cognize and understand nan seriousness of nan business I find myself successful today. I americium stepping distant for a play of clip to activity curen and attraction connected my health. This is basal successful bid for maine to prioritize my well-being and activity toward lasting recovery," Woods said in a statement Tuesday posted to societal media. "I’m committed to taking nan clip needed to return successful a healthier, stronger, and much focused place, some personally and professionally. I admit your knowing and support, and inquire for privateness for my family, loved ones and myself astatine this time."
Woods pleaded not blameworthy to DUI. He was besides charged pinch spot harm and refusal to taxable to a test.
Tiger Woods was driven from nan Martin County Jail aft being arrested for driving nether nan power pursuing a car clang connected March 27, 2026, successful Stuart, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
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The clang came conscionable days aft Woods made his return to immoderate facet of competitory play aft rupturing his Achilles past year, arsenic he played successful nan TGL finals connected Monday. The clang occurred 13 days earlier the Masters, which Woods will now officially miss. It was not yet known if he would play, anterior to nan crash.
Fox News' Paulina Dedaj and Julia Bonavita contributed to this report.
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