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Sweaty, Glassy-Eyed Tiger Woods Blames Cell Phone Use for His Car Crash

Deputies said Woods showed signs of impairment, had hydrocodone in his pocket and refused a urine test after the crash.

  • On Friday, March 27, 2026, authorities in Jupiter Island, Florida, charged golfer Tiger Woods with driving under the influence and property damage following a rollover crash. He was released on a $1,000 bond eight hours later.
  • Distracted by his cell phone and radio, Woods clipped a Ford F-150, causing his Range Rover to roll onto its side on a residential road. Neither driver reported injuries in the collision.
  • Deputies observed Woods "sweating profusely" and "limping and stumbling to the right" during sobriety exercises, according to the arrest affidavit. Two hydrocodone pills were found in his pocket.
  • While Woods agreed to a breathalyzer test showing no alcohol, he refused a urine test, which became a misdemeanor under new Florida law. He is scheduled for arraignment on April 23.
  • Woods reported seven back surgeries and more than 20 operations on his right leg since a 2021 accident near Los Angeles. His agent, Mark Steinberg of Excel Sports, has not commented on the charges.
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U.S. golf star Tiger Woods is said to have reported the use of painkillers and cell phones to the local police after his car accident in Florida. According to consistent media reports, 50-year-old Woods said during the interrogation that he had briefly looked at his cell phone and switched the radio station in his car before he roamed the trailer of another vehicle with his off-road car and overturned himself with his car. Furthermore, he is sai…

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On3 broke the news in on Tuesday, March 31, 2026.
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