Police Report From Tiger Woods' Car Crash Shows Why He Was Arrested On Suspicion Of Dui

The lawman who arrested Tiger Woods connected suspicion of driving nether nan power said he had symptom pills successful his pouch and showed signs of impairment astatine nan segment of his car clang past week successful Florida, according to her apprehension study released Tuesday.

The study sheds ray connected nan circumstances that led to Woods' 2nd DUI arrest, nan latest off-course problem for nan pro golfer whose sanction is synonymous pinch nan athletics itself.

Martin County Sheriff’s lawman Tatiana Levenar reported that Woods told her he was looking down astatine his telephone and changing nan power position erstwhile his Land Rover that was walking astatine precocious speeds clipped nan backmost of a motortruck and rolled onto its broadside connected a residential roadworthy connected Jupiter Island. Woods nor nan driver of nan motortruck were injured.

After nan motortruck driver and different personification helped Woods crawl retired of nan overturned vehicle, Levenar made interaction pinch him, and elaborate nan interactions that led to his apprehension connected suspicion of DUI pinch spot harm and refusal to taxable to a lawful test.

Here's what she reported:

Woods was carrying pills, lawman says

A lawman recovered 2 achromatic pills successful Woods’ pants pouch while searching him aft nan crash. The marks connected nan pills identified them arsenic hydrocodone, according to nan report. Hydrocodone is an opioid that is prescribed for pain, and was among nan perchance addictive medications that were cardinal to nan U.S. opioid epidemic.

Woods has had galore surgeries connected his legs and backmost complete nan past 2 decades. Some of nan surgeries were to dainty injuries including cartilage and ligament damage, a ruptured tendon, arthritis, and damaged discs successful his back.

The lawman wrote successful nan study that during a section sobriety test, she observed Woods limping and a compression sock complete his correct knee. He told nan lawman that he takes a fewer medicine medications, according to nan report, including “Vicodin” — a marque sanction supplier containing hydrocodone that was taken disconnected nan marketplace respective years ago. People still commonly mention to generic hydrocodone medications arsenic Vicodin.

Woods eyes were bloodshot and glassy, lawman says

Woods told Levenar he had 7 backmost surgeries and complete 20 operations connected his leg, truthful she had him beryllium connected nan bumper of nan patrol conveyance while she assessed him for immoderate indications of intoxication. He was sweating profusely and his activity was “lethargic and slow,” she wrote.

“Once Woods removed his sunglasses, I observed his eyes to beryllium bloodshot and glassy, I observed his pupils to beryllium highly dilated,” she wrote. Woods denied consuming intoxicant aliases taking immoderate forbidden substances, she said.

He told deputies he did not recognize nan motortruck successful beforehand of him had slowed down.

Levenar said she had to repetition nan instructions to Woods respective times while conducting nan sobriety tests, and he did not execute immoderate of nan exercises correctly.

“Based connected my observations of Woods, really he performed nan exercises and based connected my training, knowledge and experience, I believed that Woods normal faculties were impaired, and he was incapable to safely run nan centrifugal vehicle,” Levenar wrote.

Woods took a activity trial but refused a urine trial

At nan jail, Woods agreed to execute a activity trial to find immoderate blood-alcohol content, nan lawman wrote. He agreed, and those tests showed nary signs of alcohol.

The golfer declined to taxable to a urine test, however.

His refusal tin beryllium prosecuted nether a alteration to Florida rule past year, and a ineligible master says prosecutors tin build a DUI lawsuit against him moreover without laboratory results.

Orlando defense lawyer David Hill says prosecutors tin usage lawman testimony, and immoderate video from nan investigation showing that Woods had bloodshot eyes aliases different signs of intoxication. Hill isn't progressive successful Woods' case.

Meanwhile, defense attorneys tin constituent to nan deficiency of immoderate laboratory results aliases different technological grounds to perchance reason that location isn't capable grounds to convict, Hill said.

According to Levenar's report, nan deputies' encounters pinch Woods were captured connected body, car and jailhouse room cameras.

A look astatine Woods' anterior DUI apprehension

Woods was arrested successful 2017 for a DUI, and later pleaded blameworthy to reckless driving successful relationship to nan case. At nan time, he said he had taken a bad operation of painkillers erstwhile authorities recovered him dormant down nan instrumentality of his car. The motor was still moving and nan driver's broadside of nan conveyance was damaged.

Woods hasn’t said if he will play successful nan Masters

The apprehension comes astatine a clip erstwhile Woods was deciding whether to play successful nan Masters, which starts April 9. He has not walked much than 36 holes of title since nan 2024 British Open. He ruptured his Achilles tendon successful March 2025 and had a seventh backmost room successful October.

Woods was scheduled to look pinch Masters president Fred Ridley connected Sunday astatine “The Patch,” a municipal people successful Augusta, Georgia, that has been refurbished and wherever Woods designed a short people called “The Loop.”

Unlike regular tournaments, Woods does not person to participate aliases perpetrate to playing until nan greeting of nan first round. He is eligible for life arsenic a Masters champion. Players typically will pass Augusta National of their plans earlier nan tee times are announced April 7.

Augusta National has not commented connected his status.

Woods' squad has yet to remark

Woods' agent, Mark Steinberg, pinch Excel Sports has not responded to aggregate messages seeking comment.

Officials pinch nan PGA Tour — wherever Woods is simply a committee personnel — person not yet commented.

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AP journalists Mike Schneider successful Orlando, Florida, and Doug Ferguson successful Jacksonville, Florida, contributed to this report. Boone reported from Boise, Idaho.