Tiger Woods is indefinitely stepping away from competitive golf. The 50-year-old icon has paused his remaining PGA Tour schedule and abandoned his launch in the new TGL indoor league following a severe rollover crash in Florida. On Thursday, the Martin County Sheriff’s Office released bodycam footage of Woods’ March 27 wreckage in Jupiter Island. He crawled out of his flipped Land Rover uninjured. But the video reveals a chaotic aftermath where Woods struggled with sobriety tests and invoked the President of the United States moments before being placed in handcuffs.
“I was just talking to the president,” Woods told a deputy right after hanging up his cell phone on the side of the road. Woods is currently dating Vanessa Trump, the former daughter-in-law of President Donald Trump. He appeared entirely confused by the unfolding situation. When Deputy Tatiana Levenar informed the golfer he was being taken into custody, Woods responded: “I’m being arrested?”
Yes, it's true. Bodycam footage from Tiger Woods' March 27 rollover crash in Jupiter, FL (released today) shows him walking away on his phone, then telling cops: "Yeah, I was just talking to the president." He was arrested for DUI shortly after.
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The crash occurred when Woods, distracted by his phone and changing the radio, clipped a truck’s trailer. His vehicle swerved over double yellow lines and flipped onto its side. According to a detailed report released on Thursday, Woods struggled through field sobriety exercises and hiccuped repeatedly. He was later seen nodding off in the back of a patrol car. Deputies found two hydrocodone pills in his pocket, which Woods identified on camera as “Norco.” He passed a breathalyzer. He refused a urinalysis.
Woods has pleaded not guilty to DUI with property damage and refusal to submit to a lawful test. His attorney officially waived his scheduled April arraignment and demanded a jury trial. The White House has already weighed in. President Trump publicly defended the 50-year-old. Trump called Woods a “very close friend” and stated the golfer “lives a life of pain” but firmly insisted he “doesn’t have an alcohol problem.”
This is a massive paradigm shift for the sport. Woods’ sudden withdrawal from the PGA Tour and TGL leaves a massive commercial void. It also marks his third highly publicized vehicular incident. A 2017 DUI arrest involving prescription painkillers ended with a reckless driving plea. A devastating 2021 rollover crash in Los Angeles required over 20 surgeries on his right leg. Now, Woods says he needs to “seek treatment and focus on my health.” The golfing world is left waiting again.