Tiger Woods was released on bail on Friday, hours after the golf star\u2019s Land Rover clipped a truck, rolled onto its side and he was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence, according to officials.<\/p>\n
Martin County sheriff John Budensiek said Woods was driving a Land Rover that overturned after attempting to overtake a truck on a narrow two-lane road shortly before 2pm near Woods\u2019s residence on Jupiter Island. The vehicle clipped a trailer, veered off and came to rest on its driver\u2019s side after sliding along the roadway.<\/p>\n
The truck had been slowing to turn into a driveway when Woods approached at what the sheriff described as a \u201chigh rate of speed\u201d on a road with a 30mph limit.<\/p>\n
Woods, who was alone in the vehicle, was able to exit through the passenger side. Investigators said he showed signs of impairment and was subjected to roadside tests before being taken into custody.<\/p>\n
Authorities said a breath test showed no alcohol in his system, and investigators believed impairment was due to medication or drugs. No substances were found in the vehicle. Woods refused to submit to a urinalysis test and was charged with DUI with property damage and refusal to submit to a lawful test.<\/p>\n
Tiger Woods stands by his overturned car on Friday afternoon in Jupiter Island, Florida. Photograph: Jason Oteri\/AP<\/p>\n
No injuries were reported, though Budensiek told reporters the outcome could have been far worse given the narrow roadway.<\/p>\n
Donald Trump called Woods a \u201cclose friend\u201d and said he felt \u201cso badly\u201d upon hearing the news during a gathering with media on Friday afternoon in Miami.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel so badly,\u201d Trump said. \u201cHe\u2019s got some difficulty. There was an accident and that\u2019s all I know. He\u2019s a very close friend of mine … an amazing person, an amazing man.\u201d<\/p>\n
Woods confirmed he was in a relationship<\/a> with Trump\u2019s former daughter-in-law, Vanessa Trump, last year.<\/p>\n It is the latest in a series of traffic-related incidents involving Woods. In February 2021, he was seriously injured when his SUV veered off a coastal road in Los Angeles<\/a> at high speed. In that crash, Woods suffered multiple leg and ankle injuries so severe that, he later said, doctors considered amputation.<\/p>\n Woods was also arrested in 2017 on a DUI charge after police in south Florida found him asleep behind the wheel<\/a> of a damaged vehicle. He later said he had taken a problematic mix of prescription medications and pleaded guilty to reckless driving.<\/p>\n Tiger Woods\u2019 SUV after he rolled it from the road in 2021. Photograph: \u00c9tienne Laurent\/EPA<\/p>\n A third incident took place in 2009, when Woods crashed his SUV into a fire hydrant and a tree outside his home in Windermere, Florida, in the early hours of the morning. Police said he was found injured in the street, while his then-wife, Elin Nordegren, told officers<\/a> she had smashed the rear window with a golf club to help him out of the vehicle.<\/p>\n The 50-year-old has played a limited schedule in recent years while working his way back from multiple injuries and surgeries, including a seventh back procedure and a ruptured achilles tendon. He has not competed in an official PGA Tour event since July 2024, though he appeared earlier this week in the TGL indoor league he co-founded with Rory McIlroy.<\/p>\n