Tiger Woods faces one big question after DUI arrest in Florida, legal expert says

Tiger Woods was thrust backmost into the limelight past week erstwhile helium was arrested connected a DUI complaint pursuing a car clang successful Florida successful which authorities said helium was driving astatine "a precocious complaint of speed."

Woods took a breathalyzer trial astatine the country and blew "triple zeroes," but refused to springiness a urine sample, according to Martin County Sheriff John Budensiek.

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

Legal adept Donna Rotunno, a lawyer and the big of the Fox News podcast "Crime & Justice with Donna Rotunno," told Fox News Digital that authorities whitethorn person a pugnacious clip trying to get a condemnation with the DUI charge, but could marque an illustration retired of him for allegedly failing to taxable a urine test.

"What’s absorbing astir Tiger is that they’re ne'er going to beryllium capable to beryllium that helium was driving nether the power due to the fact that helium blew zero-zero and they person nary chemic test," she explained. "So, they can’t adjacent archer you what was successful his strategy that made him impaired. Obviously, you tin person a car mishap without being impaired. You tin beryllium driving excessively accelerated and person a car accident, and so, I deliberation they’ll person a precise hard clip with the DUI charge.

"However, the chemic refusal, that’s going to beryllium wherever they benignant of ‘get him.’ What’ll hap determination conscionable depends on, and what I’m speechmaking astir this region is that this region is beauteous strict. The question is going to beryllium volition they effort to marque an illustration retired of him due to the fact that helium is simply a sanction and due to the fact that this is not his archetypal situation. Because his archetypal DUI lawsuit was much than 5 years old, I don’t deliberation there’s immoderate enhanced penalties for him due to the fact that 9 years person gone by, but they volition decidedly instrumentality into information the information that helium has a inheritance successful this arena and I deliberation that volition impact immoderate they connection him."

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Tiger Woods was driven from the Martin County Jail aft being arrested for driving nether the power pursuing a car clang connected March 27, 2026, successful Stuart, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Woods was arrested successful May 2017 connected a DUI complaint successful Florida and months later, agreed to participate a DUI program. He pleaded blameworthy to a reckless driving complaint successful October 2017 and received one-year probation, a fine, mandated assemblage work clip and was forced to acquisition regular cause screening.

In February 2021, Woods was progressive successful a superior rollover clang successful the Los Angeles area. Officials said astatine the clip helium was driving implicit the posted ineligible bounds but wasn’t charged with a crime.

Fox News Digital asked Rotunno if instrumentality enforcement would effort to get Woods to instrumentality immoderate accountability for his actions fixed his present lengthy history. The car clang helium was progressive successful could person been overmuch worse.

"If helium would person wounded idiosyncratic else, each bets are off. If helium would person wounded idiosyncratic else, they would person travel aft him," Rotunno said. "Not lone that, but deliberation astir the civilian lawsuits he’d beryllium facing.

This handout photograph provided by the Martin County Sheriff's Office shows Tiger Woods, successful Stuart, Florida, Friday, March 27, 2026. (Martin County Sheriff's Office via AP)

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"I decidedly deliberation that they’ll instrumentality that into consideration. I mean, this car tipped over. He’s fortunate helium didn’t get himself wounded again. I mean, my God. Thankfully, those cars are built similar tanks and helium was capable to get retired the different way. But deliberation astir the interaction connected your body, idiosyncratic that’s been done each the surgeries and each the ailments that helium has and the interaction of that car rolling implicit similar that connected the driver’s broadside of the conveyance and the information that helium was capable to get retired without immoderate crushed limbs. It’s amazing."

Woods hasn’t commented connected his arrest.

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