Tiger Woods handcuffed as deputies discover pills in golfer's pocket, bodycam footage shows

Newly released bodycam footage showed the contiguous aftermath of the Tiger Woods' car clang successful Florida past week that resulted successful the play legend's shocking DUI arrest. 

Woods was progressive successful a two-vehicle clang successful which his car rolled onto its driver's side, resulting successful him having to flight retired of the rider door.

The 15-time large champion was charged with driving nether the influence, contempt blowing "triple-zeroes" connected a breathalyzer. Woods was recovered with pills successful his pocket, a infinitesimal that was captured connected camera.

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Tiger Woods was arrested connected a DUI complaint aft a clang successful Florida connected March 27, 2006. (AP/Martin County Sheriff's Office)

The pills, which were aboriginal identified arsenic hydrocodone, a medicine opioid for symptom relief, were primitively recovered successful Woods' pocket. 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. 

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

One lawman is shown with her digit successful the aerial arsenic Woods, portion hiccupping, tries to travel it with his eyes. Woods was sitting connected the bumper of a conveyance portion taking the test.

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." 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." 

In 1 video, Woods, connected a knee, told a lawman that helium was looking "down connected my phone, and each of a sudden, boom."

The serviceman past appeared to pat down his backmost earlier telling Woods a medic would "check you out." The serviceman said helium "didn't consciousness anything" connected Woods' back. The serviceman past spoke to a bystander who said Woods "hit the trailer." The serviceman past went to the operator who was hit, who said helium was fine.

"I was getting acceptable to turn," the different operator said. "And helium was coming fast. I don't deliberation helium was looking, that's the thing." 

The operator said Woods deed the trailer that was attached to the backmost of his vehicle. The serviceman past directed cars connected the roadworthy to crook around, arsenic they were acceptable to adjacent the road.

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

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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. 

Woods, who whitethorn person been vying for his sixth greenish overgarment adjacent week, announced connected Tuesday that helium would not instrumentality to the play people conscionable yet and alternatively "seek treatment" aft the crash.

"I cognize and recognize the seriousness of the concern I find myself successful today. I americium stepping distant for a play of clip to question attraction and absorption connected my health. This is indispensable successful bid for maine to prioritize my well-being and enactment toward lasting recovery," Woods said successful a connection Tuesday posted to societal media. "I’m committed to taking the clip needed to instrumentality successful a healthier, stronger, and much focused place, some personally and professionally. I admit your knowing and support, and inquire for privateness for my family, loved ones and myself astatine this time."

Woods pleaded not blameworthy to DUI. He was besides charged with spot harm and refusal to taxable to a test.

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)

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The clang came conscionable days aft Woods made his instrumentality to immoderate facet of competitory play aft rupturing his Achilles past year, arsenic helium played successful the TGL finals connected Monday. The clang occurred 13 days earlier the Masters, which Woods volition present officially miss. It was not yet known if helium would play, anterior to the crash.

Fox News' Paulina Dedaj and Julia Bonavita contributed to this report.

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