Tiger Woods arrested in DUI crash with 'white pills' found in his pocket, affidavit says

Tiger Woods was arrested successful Florida with medicine opioids recovered successful his pouch aft the 15-time large victor was progressive successful a rollover clang connected Friday, according to tribunal records. 

The five-time Masters victor was arrested connected charges of driving nether the power with spot harm and refusal to taxable to a blood-alcohol (BAL) trial aft instrumentality enforcement said his conveyance collided with different conveyance Friday day portion helium was driving impaired.

Golfer Tiger Woods stands by his overturned conveyance successful Jupiter Island, Fla., connected Friday, March 27, 2026.  (AP Photo/Jason Oteri)

According to an apprehension affidavit obtained by Fox News Digital, deputies with the Martin County Sheriff’s Office reported observing respective signs of impairment astatine the scene, noting that the play fable was "sweating profusely" and that his movements appeared "lethargic and slow."

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During the investigation, Woods explained to deputies that helium was distracted anterior to the crash.

"Woods stated helium was looking down astatine his compartment telephone and changing the vigor presumption and did not announcement the conveyance successful beforehand of him slowing down," deputies noted successful the affidavit. 

Law enforcement proceeded to execute tract sobriety tests due to the fact that of their suspicions. Woods was instructed to region his eyeglasses, and the lawman conducting the tests stated that his eyes appeared to beryllium "bloodshot and glassy" and "extremely dilated." 

Tiger Woods was arrested connected a DUI complaint aft getting into a car clang connected Friday. (Associated Press)

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Woods was placed nether arrest, and during a search, instrumentality enforcement recovered "two achromatic pills wrong Woods’ near broadside sound pocket." According to the apprehension affidavit, the pills were aboriginal identified arsenic hydrocodone, a medicine opioid for symptom relief. 

Woods antecedently told instrumentality enforcement anterior to the tract sobriety tests that helium underwent 7 backmost surgeries and "over 20 operations connected his leg." He told instrumentality enforcement that "I instrumentality a few" medicine medications.

At the jail, Woods submitted to a breathalyzer, wherever helium provided 0.00 results connected some samples. He declined to taxable to a urine test, resulting successful different charge. 

Tiger Woods of Jupiter Links Golf Club looked connected aft a lucifer against Los Angeles Golf Club astatine SoFi Center connected March 24, successful Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. (Adam Glanzman/TGL/TGL Golf via Getty Images)

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Friday’s apprehension marked Woods' 2nd DUI apprehension wrong the past decade. In 2017, helium was taken into custody, besides successful Jupiter Island, aft taking medicine drugs and being dormant down the instrumentality of a moving car astatine 3 a.m.

In 2021, helium got into a wreck that resulted successful superior limb injuries that kept him disconnected the play people for the full year.

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