Updated March 27, 2026, 8:08 p.m. ET

Golf legend Tiger Woods has been arrested on suspicion of impaired driving after rolling his Land Rover in Jupiter Island, Florida, marking the fourth time since 2009 that he’s been involved in a dangerous incident with his vehicle.

It’s also the second time since 2017 that he has been charged with driving under the influence.

The sheriff in Martin County, Florida, said Friday, March 27 that Woods, 50, was uninjured after clipping a trailer on the road from behind, rolling his Land Rover and crawling out of his vehicle appearing lethargic. Authorities suspected Woods was impaired on medication or drugs, not alcohol, before he was taken to jail, the sheriff said. He was alone in the car and no one else was injured, according to the sheriff, John Budensiek.

His use of the sleep drug Ambien came into question in his previous accidents.  After rolling his SUV in Los Angeles County 2021, authorities didn’t have his blood drawn to test for drugs. But experts said the evidence supported the theory that Woods was not conscious when he drove off the road and hit a tree before rolling over.

Unconscious behind wheel in Los Angeles in 2021

Woods was behind the wheel in Los Angeles County when his SUV failed to stay with the curve in the road and instead went barreling in the median and into the opposite lane before hitting a tree and rolling over in February 2021. Woods broke bones in his leg and was found unconscious. He didn’t remember what happened and didn’t remember driving, or even what state he was in at the time.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff determined the cause of the crash to be “driving at a speed unsafe for the road conditions and the inability to negotiate the curve of the roadway.”

But experts contacted by USA TODAY Sports looked at the evidence and suspected Woods was not conscious when his car veered off the road since his car kept going in a straight line into the median and opposing traffic with no braking instead of sticking to the curve in the road. His history with the drug Ambien was also brought up as a potential factor though his blood was not taken to determine if he was under the influence at the time. He was not charged with a DUI and also was not issued a traffic citation. The sheriff’s department didn’t even bring in a drug-recognition expert (DRE) to evaluate him for possible impairment, raising questions about why not.

Ambien found in his blood in DUI incident in 2017

A police officer in Jupiter, Florida observed a black Mercedes stopped on the road in the right lane with its brake lights on and the right blinker still blinking in May 2017, according to documents obtained by USA TODAY Sports.

The officer then approached the driver, who was asleep at the wheel and had to be awakened. The driver was Tiger Woods. “Woods had extremely slow and slurred speech,” the police report said. A toxicology report showed he had five drugs in his system then: Vicodin, Dilaudid, Xanax, Ambien and THC.

He was charged with driving under the influence and pleaded guilty to reckless drivin. He received one year of probation and was required to complete DUI school.

Snoring after accident outside home in 2009

Woods was behind the wheel when his Cadillac Escalade collided with a row of hedges and hit a fire hydrant and tree before stopping outside his mansion in Windermere, Florida in November 2009.

A neighbor at the scene reported seeing Woods unconscious and snoring, according to a police report.

But the Florida Highway Patrol determined then that there “was insufficient evidence available to issue a subpoena for additional medical information that may exist in this case.”

Woods was cited for careless driving and fined $164. A sex scandal involving Woods ensued after that.

Woods was asked about his Ambien and Vicodin use several months later when he appeared at a news conference for the Masters Tournament in April 2010.

“I have taken them, yes,” he said then. “I’ve had some, as everyone knows, pretty interesting knee situations over the years. I’ve had, what, four operations now on my left knee? And last year, with my torn Achilles, it hurt quite a bit at times. And, yes, I did take that. And I took, most of the time I was on the Ambien was when my dad was sick.”

He also was asked if Ambien played a role in the 2009 crash.

“Well, the police investigated the accident and they cited me,” Woods replied. “And it’s a closed case.”

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