Tiger Woods mug shot released after crash, DUI arrest
WPBF 25 NEWS STARTS WITH BREAKING NEWS. WE’RE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT. WITHIN THE PAST FEW MINUTES, THE MARTIN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE RELEASING THIS MUG SHOT OF TIGER WOODS. HE WAS ARRESTED TODAY ON DUI CHARGES FOLLOWING A CRASH ON JUPITER ISLAND AND ALSO JUST INTO THE NEWSROOM. THIS IS A PICTURE OF WOODS NEAR THE SCENE JUST AFTER THE CRASH AND BEFORE HIS ARREST. YOU CAN SEE HIM STANDING ON THE GRASS NEAR HIS OVERTURNED SUV. GOOD EVENING, AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. I’M FELICIA RODRIGUEZ, WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE TONIGHT. REPORTER ARI HAIT IS LIVE FOR US AT THE MARTIN COUNTY JAIL, WHERE WOODS IS BEHIND BARS. WE WANT TO START WITH MY CO-ANCHOR, TODD MCDERMOTT LIVE OUTSIDE THE MARTIN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE. AND TODD WOODS IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE IN JAIL MUCH LONGER TONIGHT. IN FACT, FELICIA, HE COULD BE RELEASED AT ANY MINUTE NOW AFTER A MANDATORY EIGHT HOUR HOLD IN THE JAIL FOLLOWING HIS ARREST ON A DUI CHARGE. MISDEMEANOR CHARGE. THERE ARE OTHER MISDEMEANORS INVOLVED. WE BELIEVE THAT THE ARREST WAS OFFICIAL AT 3 P.M., SO 11:00 HE COULD GET OUT. WE DON’T KNOW IF WE’LL ACTUALLY SEE HIM. THAT WOULD SEEM DOUBTFUL. THIS WAS ABOUT AN HOUR. HIS ARREST WAS ABOUT AN HOUR AFTER THE ACTUAL CRASH IN JUPITER ISLAND NEAR HIS HOME. AND THE SHERIFF SAYS WOODS HAD TO CRAWL OUT OF THE WRECK. BUT HE WAS OKAY, AND SO WAS THE OTHER DRIVER. HERE’S ANOTHER PICTURE OF THE CRASH SCENE IN THAT RANGE ROVER ON ITS SIDE. MARTIN COUNTY SHERIFF JOHN BUDITECH SAYS WOODS RANGE ROVER CLIPPED A PRESSURE WASHING TRUCK AS HE PASSED AT HIGH SPEED ON A TWO LANE ROAD. HE GOT OUT THE PASSENGER SIDE, FACING UP THE RANGE ROVER AGAIN ON ITS SIDE. NOBODY WAS HURT. DEPUTIES SAY THE WOODS DID SHOW SIGNS OF IMPAIRMENT. THERE WERE SOME FIELD ASSESSMENTS THERE. HE PASSED A BREATHALYZER, NO SIGN HE’D BEEN DRINKING. BUT THEN THE CASE GOT MORE COMPLICATED. REMEMBER, TIGER WOODS HAS HAD PREVIOUS INCIDENTS INVOLVING HIS USE OF MEDICATION BECAUSE OF HIS PAIN. ET CETERA. ARI HAIT IS HERE AT THE JAIL WAITING FOR WOODS RELEASE. SO, ARI, I KNOW YOU HAVE MANY MORE DETAILS ON WHAT HAPPENED. AND WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT HIM GETTING OUT? HAS THERE BEEN ANY SIGN OF THAT AT ALL? WE HAVEN’T SEEN ANYTHING JUST YET, TODD. BUT THERE ARE MULTIPLE WAYS THAT HE CAN LEAVE THE MARTIN COUNTY JAIL, SO IT’S UNCLEAR IF WE’RE ACTUALLY GOING TO SEE HIM, IF WE’RE ACTUALLY EVEN GOING TO KNOW THAT HE IS GONE. EARLIER TODAY, I TALKED TO THE SHERIFF HERE IN MARTIN COUNTY, AND HE TOLD ME THAT WOODS SEEMED LETHARGIC. THAT WAS HIS WORD, LETHARGIC TO DEPUTIES. WHEN HE FIRST GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE THAT HAD JUST CRASHED, THEY SAID IT WAS PRETTY CLEAR PRETTY QUICKLY THAT HE WAS IMPAIRED. THIS IS BRIDGE ROAD ON JUPITER ISLAND AROUND 2:00 FRIDAY AFTERNOON. AND ACCORDING TO THE MARTIN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, THE SUV ON ITS SIDE BELONGS TO GOLF LEGEND TIGER WOODS. TIGER LIVES AROUND HERE, AND THE SHERIFF SAYS TIGER CAUSED A CRASH WHEN HE TRIED TO PASS A PICKUP TRUCK IN FRONT OF HIM. THE TRUCK PULLING A TRAILER WAS TRYING TO SLOW DOWN AND PULL OVER, AND MR. WOODS WAS OVERTAKING HIM AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED BEFORE HE CLIPPED IT BACK IN AND ROLLED HIS VEHICLE OVER ON THE DRIVER’S DOOR. THE SHERIFF SAYS TIGER WAS ABLE TO CLIMB OUT OF THE PASSENGER DOOR. NOBODY WAS INJURED, BUT THE SHERIFF SAYS DEPUTIES IMMEDIATELY BELIEVE TIGER WAS IMPAIRED. NOT DRUNK, BUT ON SOME KIND OF DRUG. MR. WOODS DID A BREATHALYZER TEST, BLEW TRIPLE ZEROS. BUT WHEN IT CAME TIME FOR US TO ASK FOR A URINALYSIS TEST, HE REFUSED. TIGER WAS CHARGED WITH DUI AND REFUSAL TO SUBMIT TO A LAWFUL TEST. HE WAS BOOKED INTO THE MARTIN COUNTY JAIL, WHERE THE SHERIFF SAYS HE’S BEEN TREATED LIKE ANY OTHER INMATE. UP TO A POINT. WE’RE GOING TO MAKE SURE HE’S SAFE. WE’RE NOT GOING TO PUT HIM IN GENERAL POPULATION. HE’S NOT GOING TO BE WITH OTHER INMATES THAT COULD HURT HIM OR OR TRY TO CAPITALIZE ON WHAT HE DID. HE’LL PAY THE PRICE, BUT HE’S NOT GOING TO PAY THE PRICE BY GETTING PUNISHED IN JAIL. AND IF YOU’RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH BRIDGE ROAD ON JUPITER ISLAND, IT’S A TWO LANE ROAD. THE SPEED LIMIT IS 30MPH. THERE. IT’S A REALLY HARD ROAD TO SPEED ON BECAUSE OF HOW NARROW IT IS. THE SHERIFF TELLS ME IT’S A GOOD THE OTHER DIRECTION WHEN THIS CRASH HAPPENED, BECAUSE HE SAYS IF THAT WAS THE CASE, WE WOULD BE TALKING ABOUT A MUCH DIFFERENT STORY RIGHT NOW. THAT’S THE VERY LATEST REPORTING LIVE FROM THE MARTIN COUNTY JAIL. ARI WPBF 25 NEWS. ALL RIGHT, ARI, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AGAIN, TIGER WOODS, AS YOU LIKELY KNOW, HAS HAD A LOT OF PAST TROUBLES INVOLVING CRASHES AND EVEN SERIOUS INJURIES GOING BACK YEARS, INCLUDING AN ARREST FOR DUI AT JUPITER IN MAY OF 2017. IN THAT CASE, POLICE FOUND HIM ASLEEP BEHIND THE WHEEL OF THE CAR IN THE MIDDLE OF MILITARY TRAIL. THE CAR WAS DAMAGED, THE TIRES WERE FLAT, AND TESTS REVEALED. WOODS AGAIN HAD NO ALCOHOL IN HIS SYSTEM, BUT HE DID HAVE FIVE DRUGS, INCLUDING MEDICATION, STRONG PAINKILLERS WAS PRESCRIBED FOLLOWING BACK SURGERY AS WELL AS THC, THE PSYCHOACTIVE INGREDIENT IN MARIJUANA. WOODS PLEADED GUILTY TO A REDUCED CHARGE OF RECKLESS DRIVING AND AGREED TO ENTER A DIVERSION PROGRAM REGARDING THE MEDICATION ABUSE. HE PAID A FINE, SPENT A YEAR ON PROBATION, THEN A JUDGE IN SEPTEMBER 2018 ENDED UP PROBATION ABOUT A MONTH EARLY. TODAY’S CRASH IS AT LEAST THE THIRD ONE THAT TIGER WOODS HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THAT WE KNOW OF IN 2021. HE SUFFERED VERY SERIOUS INJURIES IN A FULL ROLLOVER CRASH IN THE L.A. AREA WHEN HIS SUV WENT OFF THE ROAD AND HIT A SIGN, THEN A TREE ON A CURVING ROAD AT HIGH SPEED. INVESTIGATORS DETERMINED HE WAS GOING AT LEAST 84 MILES AN HOUR AND A 45 MILE AN HOUR ZONE. HE REQUIRED SURGERY. HE HAD SCREWS AND PINS INSERTED IN HIS FOOT IN HIS ANKLE, AND LATER SAID HE NEARLY LOST THE LEG. HE HAD ANOTHER SURGERY IN 2023. TIGER WOODS ALSO CRASHED HIS CAR IN NOVEMBER 2009 IN AN INFAMOUS INCIDENT. WINDERMERE, FLORIDA ORANGE COUNTY POLICE SAY CRASHED INTO A FIRE HYDRANT, THEN A TREE JUST OUTSIDE HIS OWN HOME. A GOLF CLUB WAS FOUND SMASHED INTO A WINDOW. THE VEHICLE. HE WAS NOT SERIOUSLY HURT, BUT THAT ACCIDENT IS TIED, APPARENTLY TO THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF HIS MARRIAGE AND THE SCANDAL CONNECTED TO THAT. AT THE TIME, PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS AND HE’S KNOWN FOR YEARS AND PLAYED GOLF WITH NUMEROUS TIMES. THIS IS JUST BEFORE THE PRESIDENT BOARD, AIR FORCE ONE TO FLY HERE TO SOUTH FLORIDA. I FEEL SO BADLY HIS HE’S GOT SOME DIFFICULTY. THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT AND THAT’S ALL I KNOW. VERY CLOSE FRIEND OF MINE, HE’S AN AMAZING PERSON, AMAZING MAN. BUT SOME DIFFICULTY. NOW, WOODS MADE HIS RETURN TO A BIT OF COMPETITIVE GOLF JUST THE OTHER NIGHT. THE T G L FINALS AT THE SOFI CENTER IN PALM BEACH GARDENS WITH HIS TEAM JUPITER LINKS GOLF CLUB. HE WAS ASKED THAT NIGHT ABOUT PLAYING GOLF AGAIN IF HE COULD COMPETE AT THE SOFI CENTER INDOORS WITHOUT DRIVING THE BALL, TRYING TO DRIVE IT 400 YARDS. COULD HE POSSIBLY COMPETE IN THE MASTERS NEXT MONTH IN AUGUSTA? TIGER HASN’T PLAYED A PGA TOUR EVENT SINCE THE 2024 BRITISH OPEN. AFTER BACK AND ACHILLES TENDON SURGERY OVER THE LAST YEAR, HE’S HAD INTENSE REHAB. HE’S ADMITTED IT’S BEEN TOUGH. TUESDAY NIGHT, THE 15 TIME MAJOR CHAMPION AND OWNER OF FIVE GREEN JACKETS FROM THE MASTERS, WAS ASKED ABOUT THE OUTLOOK FOR AS I SAID, I’VE BEEN TRYING. IT’S JUST THIS BODY IS. IT DOESN’T RECOVER LIKE IT WAS WHEN I WAS 24, 25, BUT I KEEP TRYING. I WANT TO PLAY. I LOVE BEING THERE SINCE WHEN I WAS 19 YEARS OLD. SO IT’S MEANT A LOT TO ME AND MY FAMILY OVER THE YEARS, AND I’M GOING TO BE THERE EITHER WAY. NOW, CLEARLY, TIGER WOODS HAS OTHER PRIORITIES TONIGHT. AGAIN, WE’RE HERE LIVE AT THE MARTIN COUNTY JAIL. WE HAVE NOT SEEN CARS GOING IN AND OUT OF THIS PARKING LOT. ARI HAIT IS MONITORING THE EXIT RIGHT NOW, AND WE WILL GET BACK TO YOU IN THE NEXT SEGMENT. GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE SITUATION AGAIN. BUT HE REMAINS IN THE MARTIN COUNTY JAIL AS FAR AS WE KNOW. FOLLOWING THAT ARREST THIS AFTERNOON ON JUPITER ISLAND ON SUSPICION OF DUI. FELICIA, SEND IT BACK TO YOU. ALL RIGHT, TOM, THANK YOU. AND FOR THE LATEST ON TH
Golf legend Tiger Woods was sent to jail Friday afternoon following a rollover crash on Jupiter Island. Tiger Woods at TGL Finals: Matthew Tkachuk meets Tiger Woods at TGL Finals According to the Martin County Sheriff’s Office, it happened around 2 p.m. near 281 Beach Road on Jupiter Island when Woods struck the back of a trailer and rolled his Land Rover over.“As he was trying to move to the side of the road, the Land Rover overtook him at the last minute, swerved to avoid a collision, but clipped the back end of the trailer of the pressure cleaner apparatus,” officials said during a news conference. They said he exemplified signs of impairment.”They did several tests on him. Of course, he did explain the injuries and the surgeries that he had. We did take that into account,” officials said. Sheriff John Budensiek said some in-depth roadside tests were done, and when it was determined, Woods was placed under arrest and taken to the Martin County Jail.”At the Martin County Jail, and even on scene, we really weren’t suspicious of alcohol being involved in this case, and that proved to be true at the jail,” Budensiek said. “So, Mr. Woods did a breathalyzer test, blew triple zeros, but when it came time for us to ask for a urinalysis test, he refused.”Woods has been charged with DUI, property damage, and refusal to submit to a lawful test. Full news conference below:Previous coverage: Tiger Woods returns home to Florida after serious car crashWoods has been working his way back to competitive golf after rupturing his Achilles tendon in March 2025 and later undergoing back surgery in October. He made his first appearance in over a year during Tuesday’s TGL finals, where his Jupiter Links GC team fell to the Los Angeles Golf Club. In February 2021, Woods sustained serious leg injuries in a single-vehicle crash in Southern California.He was on his way to a television shoot for GolfTV a little after 7 a.m. when his SUV crashed into a median, rolled over, and ended up on its side near a steep road known for wrecks, authorities said. He had to be pulled out through the windshield. Woods was released from Martin County Jail shortly after 11 p.m. Friday. Stay up-to-date: The latest headlines and weather from WPBF 25Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here.
JUPITER ISLAND, Fla. —
Golf legend Tiger Woods was sent to jail Friday afternoon following a rollover crash on Jupiter Island.
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According to the Martin County Sheriff’s Office, it happened around 2 p.m. near 281 Beach Road on Jupiter Island when Woods struck the back of a trailer and rolled his Land Rover over.
“As he was trying to move to the side of the road, the Land Rover overtook him at the last minute, swerved to avoid a collision, but clipped the back end of the trailer of the pressure cleaner apparatus,” officials said during a news conference.
They said he exemplified signs of impairment.
“They did several tests on him. Of course, he did explain the injuries and the surgeries that he had. We did take that into account,” officials said.
Martin County Sheriff’s Office
Sheriff John Budensiek said some in-depth roadside tests were done, and when it was determined, Woods was placed under arrest and taken to the Martin County Jail.
“At the Martin County Jail, and even on scene, we really weren’t suspicious of alcohol being involved in this case, and that proved to be true at the jail,” Budensiek said. “So, Mr. Woods did a breathalyzer test, blew triple zeros, but when it came time for us to ask for a urinalysis test, he refused.”
Woods has been charged with DUI, property damage, and refusal to submit to a lawful test.
Full news conference below:
Previous coverage: Tiger Woods returns home to Florida after serious car crash
Woods has been working his way back to competitive golf after rupturing his Achilles tendon in March 2025 and later undergoing back surgery in October. He made his first appearance in over a year during Tuesday’s TGL finals, where his Jupiter Links GC team fell to the Los Angeles Golf Club.
In February 2021, Woods sustained serious leg injuries in a single-vehicle crash in Southern California.
He was on his way to a television shoot for GolfTV a little after 7 a.m. when his SUV crashed into a median, rolled over, and ended up on its side near a steep road known for wrecks, authorities said. He had to be pulled out through the windshield.
Woods was released from Martin County Jail shortly after 11 p.m. Friday.
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Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here.