Trump reacts to Tiger Woods' rollover crash as golfer faces DUI charge: ‘Very close friend of mine’

President Donald Trump addressed the daytime rollover clang involving Tiger Woods connected Friday that resulted successful the 15-time large victor being arrested connected a DUI complaint aft authorities suspected helium was driving impaired. 

Speaking to reporters aft arriving successful Miami, the president spoke concisely astir Woods. He said helium was lone alert of the mishap astatine the clip helium made his remarks. 

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

"I consciousness truthful badly. He's got immoderate difficulty," Trump said. "There was an accident, and that's each I know. Very adjacent person of mine, he's an astonishing person, an astonishing man, but immoderate difficulty."

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Woods is presently successful a narration with the president’s erstwhile daughter-in-law, Vanessa Trump.

 He competed successful the TGL title earlier this week, wherever Vanessa Trump and her daughter, Kai Trump, were spotted successful the stands. It was Woods’ instrumentality to competitory play aft helium ruptured his Achilles past twelvemonth up of the Masters.

Trump antecedently spoke retired astir the pair’s relationship, saying helium gave Woods his blessing erstwhile they archetypal spoke astir it. 

U.S. President Donald Trump presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Tiger Woods during an lawsuit astatine the White House successful the Rose Garden.  (Scott Taetsch-USA TODAY Sports)

"He told maine astir it, and I said, 'Tiger, that's good, that's good. I'm very, blessed for both.' But they conscionable fto them some beryllium happy. Let them some beryllium happy. They're some great," Trump said successful March 2025. 

TIGER WOODS ARRESTED ON DUI CHARGE IN FLORIDA AFTER ROLLOVER CRASH: 'THIS COULD'VE BEEN A LOT WORSE'

Woods was charged with DUI, spot damage, and refusal to taxable to a trial aft instrumentality enforcement said helium collided with different conveyance Friday day portion driving impaired.

"DUI investigators came to the country here, and Mr. Woods did exemplify signs of impairment. They did respective tests connected him. Of course, helium did explicate the injuries and the surgeries that helium had. We did instrumentality that into account, but they did bash immoderate in-depth roadside tests," Martin County Sheriff John Budensiek said during a property league Friday.

This photograph provided by the Martin County Sheriff's Office shows skid marks adjacent the overturned conveyance successful a rollover clang which progressive Tiger Woods successful Jupiter Island, Fla., connected Friday, March 27, 2026.  (Martin County Sheriff's Office via AP)

"We truly weren't suspicious of intoxicant being progressive successful this case, and that proved to beryllium existent astatine the jail. … But erstwhile it came clip for america to inquire for a urinalysis test, helium refused. And, so, he's been charged with DUI, with spot harm and refusal to taxable to a lawful test."

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The five-time Augusta National victor was noncommittal astir playing astatine this year's Masters recently, but Trump said during an interrogation connected "The Five" Thursday that Woods would beryllium astatine Augusta but would not play.

Fox News Digital’s Ryan Morik contributed to this report. 

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