Tiger Woods<\/a>‘ ongoing pain from multiple injuries but says the 15-time major champion needs to hire a driver and stop operating vehicles while medicated.<\/p>\nPlayer, speaking to reporters Thursday after hitting a ceremonial tee shot before the opening round of the 90th Masters, said Woods needs to hire a chauffeur following his DUI arrest in Florida on March 27.<\/p>\n
“Do I blame him for taking medicine? Hell, no,” Player said. “He has sleep deprivation. Do I blame him for taking something to help him sleep? No. But I don’t think he should drive a car. When you’re taking that medicine, it’s dangerous when you’re driving a car, same as it’s dangerous when you look at your cellphone in the car.”<\/p>\n
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Woods, 50, was formally charged Wednesday with misdemeanor DUI and refusing to take a chemical or physical test of his breath or urine, according to court records. Woods is also facing a ticket for distracted driving, a moving violation, after he told police that he was looking at his phone before he clipped the back of a trailer and had his SUV flip on its side.<\/p>\n
The five-time Masters champion announced March 31 that he was stepping away from competitive golf and his administrative roles with the PGA Tour to seek “comprehensive inpatient treatment.”<\/p>\n
A judge approved Woods’ request to seek treatment outside the U.S. due to privacy concerns. It’s believed that Woods is at a facility in Switzerland after his plane landed there.<\/p>\n
“My heart goes out for him,” Player said. “There’s nothing worse than living in pain every day of your life. You can’t think of anything worse. I just hope he can get it all sorted out because he’s such an asset to golf and has done so much for the game.”<\/p>\n
Said six-time Masters champion Jack Nicklaus: “Just whatever you need to help you and get back, because I think golf needs him, and we’d love to have him back.”<\/p>\n
On Tuesday, prosecutors indicated that they plan to issue a subpoena seeking copies of Woods’ prescription medication records on file at Lewis Pharmacy in Palm Beach, Florida.<\/p>\n
A Martin County Sheriff’s affidavit said deputies found two pain pills in Woods’ pants pocket and that the golfer showed signs of impairment following the crash.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mark SchlabachApr 9, 2026, 09:29 AM ET CloseSenior college football writer Author of seven books on college football…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":574113,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,99],"class_list":["post-574112","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\/574112","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=574112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574112\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/574113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=574112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=574112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=574112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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