Reiff is not involved in the case.<\/p>\n
Tiger Woods arrested for DUI<\/p>\n
Woods was driving at a high rate of speed<\/a> on Jupiter Island around 2 p.m. ET on Friday when police say he tried to pass a work truck. According to police, Woods\u2019 Range Rover clipped the back of that truck\u2019s trailer and flipped onto its side.<\/p>\n Woods was uninjured, and climbed out of the SUV on his own. Officers on the scene said Woods \u201cdid exemplify signs of impairment.\u201d Officers were not suspicious of alcohol, but suspected medications or drugs.\u00a0 Woods took a breathalyzer test, which returned a 0.00 reading, but he did not submit to further testing, refusing a urinalysis test. He was described as \u201clethargic\u201d on the scene, and tried to explain the injuries and surgeries he has undergone in recent months.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Neither Woods nor the driver of the truck were injured. Woods was arrested and charged with DUI with property damage and refusal to submit to a lawful test.<\/p>\n \u201cHe cooperated with the breathalyzer, and then the urine he wanted no part of,\u201d Martin County Sheriff John Budensiek said. \u201cHe is cooperative, but he was not trying to incriminate himself. So he was careful in what he said and didn\u2019t say.”<\/p>\n Because Woods didn\u2019t submit to the urinalysis test, Reiff said, it\u2019s going to be hard to prove that Woods was actually under the influence of a controlled substance \u2014 which is required to fit the definition of a DUI under Florida law.<\/p>\n That would leave the refusal to submit to a test charge, which is a second-degree misdemeanor in Florida that can lead to up to 60 days in jail. But without that test, barring new information or details coming out, it doesn\u2019t appear from the outside looking in that there is any legal proof that Woods was impaired.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n \u201cSometimes [officers] go to the default position, we think you\u2019re impaired,\u201d Reiff said. \u201cTake a breath test, pass it. Oh well, then it must be drugs. Sorry, it doesn\u2019t work that way.\u201d<\/p>\n Friday\u2019s crash was just the latest for Woods. He was involved in a single-car rollover crash in Southern California<\/a> in 2021, which left him with multiple leg fractures and a shattered ankle. He was arrested for driving under the influence in 2017<\/a> during a Florida traffic stop, too. He said that incident was the result<\/a> of \u201can unexpected reaction to prescribed medication\u201d and pleaded guilty to reckless driving.<\/p>\n Those injuries, as well as the numerous other back procedures that Woods has undergone, Reiff said, would be reason enough to explain away any failed field sobriety tests, too.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n \u201cI wouldn\u2019t be shocked at all if Tiger Woods and his team have had him try to [lift his leg six inches] as part of neurological testing and he couldn\u2019t, especially with one leg shorter than the other and all those back issues,\u201d Reiff said, referencing a common field sobriety test.<\/p>\n Golfer Tiger Woods stands by his overturned vehicle in Jupiter Island, Fla., on Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP\/Jason Oteri)<\/p>\n (ASSOCIATED PRESS)<\/p>\n Woods was transported to the Martin County Jail, where he was held for about eight hours. He was released just after 11 p.m. ET. Even Woods\u2019 long stay in jail likely shouldn\u2019t have happened, Reiff said. When a suspect is arrested for a DUI in Florida, they are held for either eight hours or until they blow under a 0.05 on a breathalyzer test. Woods already blew 0.00.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s so indoctrinated into them that they have to hold him for eight hours \u2026 except if he blew under a 0.05. Then you release him, then you should release him,\u201d Reiff said. \u201cIt\u2019s like anything else, they don\u2019t understand the nuance.\u201d<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n It was just three days ago that Woods made his return to competitive golf<\/a>, when he played in the TGL indoor golf final with his Jupiter Links Golf Club team. It marked his first true competitive golf, albeit in an indoor league, since the 2024 British Open. Woods ruptured his Achilles<\/a> in March 2025, and underwent surgery for a lumbar disc replacement in October<\/a>.<\/p>\n Prior to the accident, Woods had been non-committal one way or the other about teeing it up in this year\u2019s Masters, which begins on April 9.<\/p>\n More information is sure to come out about Friday\u2019s incident. Woods hasn\u2019t had the chance to speak publicly yet, either.<\/p>\n But legally speaking from an outside view, at least based on what\u2019s available for the moment, Rieff is convinced a DUI charge isn\u2019t likely to hold up.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s certainly more to this story and we need to find out [more],\u201d Reiff said. \u201cBut I\u2019ll certainly tell you from what I\u2019ve been hearing \u2026 it sure doesn\u2019t seem like they have proof \u2014 at least not of the DUI.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Golf star Tiger Woods was arrested on Friday afternoon after a rollover crash in Jupiter Island, Florida, marking…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":209354,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[95759,5695,28,30,29,17069,95758,29192,95760],"class_list":["post-209353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-breathalyzer-test","tag-dui","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-jupiter-island","tag-robert-reiff","tag-tiger-woods","tag-urinalysis-test"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209353\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Golfer](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774680010_242_9e0e7699-fec4-4f40-a7b8-3cee90885d08.jpeg\"\/)
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