{"id":570018,"date":"2026-04-07T15:39:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T15:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/570018\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T15:39:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T15:39:09","slug":"tiger-woods-was-selfish-to-be-driving-at-time-of-crash-jason-day-says-ahead-of-masters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/570018\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiger Woods was \u2018selfish\u2019 to be driving at time of crash, Jason Day says ahead of Masters"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tiger Woods is not at the Masters this week, but his presence still looms large among fellow golfers at Augusta National following his recent arrest and subsequent DUI charge<\/a> after he flipped his car onto its side after clipping the trailer of a truck last month in Florida.<\/p>\n

Jason Day said he felt for Woods\u2019 \u201cstruggles\u201d but questioned why the five-time Masters champion was driving in the first place.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s just a human being like everyone else, and we have struggles,\u201d Day said Monday. \u201cIt\u2019s unfortunate. The only thing that I don\u2019t understand is that it\u2019s a little bit selfish of him to drive and put other people in harm\u2019s way, as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut when you\u2019re the player that he was and how strong-willed he is, he thinks he can do almost anything, and that\u2019s probably why he\u2019s driving and a little bit under the influence.\u201d<\/p>\n

A breathalyzer test administered at the scene of the crash showed that Woods, 50, did not have alcohol in his system, but the Jupiter Island Police Department arrested Woods when he refused a subsequent urinalysis test. He was charged with DUI with property damage and refusal to submit to a lawful test, both of which are misdemeanors.<\/p>\n

Officers found two pills of hydrocodone, a prescription painkiller, in Woods\u2019 pocket following the crash, and they said the golfer had bloodshot, glassy eyes at the scene. Woods has pleaded not guilty and is seeking a jury trial<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Last week, Woods announced he would be \u201cstepping away\u201d for an undisclosed period to seek treatment<\/a> overseas, where he can receive a measure of privacy that is unavailable to him in the United States.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome people want him to fail,\u201d said Day, a former World No. 1 who finished in the top 10 at last year\u2019s Masters. \u201cSome people obviously want him to succeed. It\u2019s really difficult for me to go through that and watch him, and I know that he\u2019s getting the help now, which is good. I\u2019m just hoping he comes out on the other side and is better.\u201d<\/p>\n

Before the crash, Woods was set to attend Monday night\u2019s Champions Dinner at Augusta National and help open the short course he designed at Augusta Municipal Golf Course. This marks the second consecutive year he has missed the Masters, after rupturing his Achilles tendon in March 2025.<\/p>\n

Day said he and his fellow golfers will miss having Woods with them in Augusta this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople out here do support him and want him to kind of get through this,\u201d Day said. \u201cHe\u2019s human, and we all make mistakes. \u2026 Golf misses him. We miss him here this week. It\u2019s always better when he\u2019s playing golf tournaments because we love having him around, so it\u2019s a little bit sad to not have him here this week.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tiger Woods is not at the Masters this week, but his presence still looms large among fellow golfers…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":570019,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,99],"class_list":["post-570018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=570018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570018\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/570019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=570018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=570018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=570018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}