Donald Trump has revealed he’s spoken to Tiger Woods following his DUI arrest and car crash in Florida on Friday and said the golf icon is living a ‘life of pain’.
Just hours after it emerged that Woods had two loose opioid pills in his pocket when he was searched by police officers at the site of the crash on Jupiter Island, Trump told reporters about their conversation.
‘I have’, Trump, whose former daughter-in-law Vanessa is dating Woods, said when he was asked if he’d spoken to the 15-time major winner. ‘I think he’s doing great, he’s doing good.
‘He tested negative for alcohol, as you know, and he is under a tremendous physical pressure from his various ailments, you know, the back and the leg.’
‘He lives a life of pain. He has a lot of pain. He’s an amazing guy. He’s an amazing athlete. He does have pain. He doesn’t have an alcohol problem, but he does have pain.’
The Daily Mail revealed on Saturday that Vanessa was waiting for the golf legend when he returned home from the Martin County Public Safety Complex.
Donald Trump has revealed he’s spoken to Tiger Woods following his DUI arrest and car crash
President Trump awarded Woods the Medal of Freedom at a White House ceremony in 2019
‘She’s not happy at all,’ a source told the Daily Mail. ‘She’s both disappointed and a little bit p***ed, if I’m being honest.
‘It’s a definite red flag and she told him that he’s going to get this sorted out, and that she’s going to require that. He has to get things under control, or she’s not going to stick around.’
The pair have been dating since last March, a relationship first revealed by the Daily Mail, but this is the first time she has been thrust into the limelight by one of his many scandals.
Woods had reportedly been banned from driving the US president’s grandchildren by the Secret Service prior to his recent arrest.
An arrest affidavit seen by Daily Mail on Tuesday revealed the golf icon, 50, told police officers he was ‘looking down at his cell phone and changing the radio station’ before his rollover crash on Jupiter Island.
When officers searched Woods, they discovered two white pills inside the left pocket of his trousers. They were marked ‘M367’, which is hydrocodone and is used to treat severe or chronic pain. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, opioids are ‘addictive’.
Woods, who has battled addiction to painkillers in the past, was ‘sweating profusely’ after the incident and an officer noticed his movement was ‘lethargic and slow.’ He’s also said to have been battling hiccups throughout their investigation.
The 15-time major winner’s eyes were also said to be ‘bloodshot and glassy’ and his pupils were ‘extremely dilated’. When asked if he is currently taking any prescription medication, Woods replied: ‘I take a few’.
It comes after Daily Mail first reported that Woods’ refusal to provide a urine sample at the scene was likely because he had taken heavy doses of prescription opioids from his repeated injuries.
Our insider agreed that the golf icon, who only returned to golf action last week at the TGL finals after months of injury rehab, is not one for ‘illegal drugs’.
Woods stands alongside his Range Rover SUV after clambering out of the passenger side
Woods has been dating Vanessa Trump for over a year – their relationship was first reported by the Daily Mail in March 2025 after they started seeing each other around Thanksgiving 2024
‘I know the guy, that’s just not what he does,’ the source revealed. ‘He has been on tons of pain medication for years.’
The golf legend was arrested after he attempted to overtake a truck and trailer at high speed before clipping it and tipping his own SUV onto its side.
Woods, who has been involved in other crashes over the years, is charged with driving under the influence, property damage and refusal to submit to a lawful test.
The affidavit says Woods was ‘limping and stumbling’ during a field sobriety test. After completing a number of exercises, Woods was deemed unable to safely drive his car.
He had been traveling at ‘high speeds’ on a residential road and after the crash showed ‘signs of impairment,’ Martin County Sheriff John Budensiek said, adding that investigators believe he had taken some kind of medication or drug.
He described Woods as lethargic and said he agreed to a breathalyzer test that showed no signs of alcohol, but he refused a urine test and was arrested.
Budensiek said Woods attempted to pass a pressure cleaner truck while driving on a two-lane road with a 30mph speed limit. He said authorities could not determine how fast Woods was going.
The Land Rover swerved to avoid a collision as he was passing the truck but clipped the back end of the truck’s trailer, Budensiek said. Woods’ car then rolled onto its driver’s side and he crawled out.
The sheriff said Woods was ‘cooperative, but he’s not trying to incriminate himself.’
He said Woods has the right to refuse the urine test and that authorities ‘will never get definitive results with what he was impaired on.’
Woods is driven away from Martin County Jail after being bonded out on Friday night
This was the fourth time Woods has been involved in a car crash, most recently in February 2021 when his SUV ran off a coastal road in Los Angeles at a high rate of speed, leading to multiple leg and ankle injuries.
Woods said later doctors considered amputation. He also previously sustained multiple injuries to his left knee and his back during his golf career.
It was the second time Woods has been arrested for a DUI not as a result of the influence of alcohol.
He said he took a bad mix of painkillers when authorities found him in 2017 asleep behind the wheel of his car, the engine still running and its driver’s side damaged. Woods pleaded guilty then to reckless driving.
Last week, Trump was asked about the golfer when he landed in Miami on Friday afternoon for an investment summit.
‘I feel so badly. He’s got some difficulty,’ Trump said. ‘Very close friend of mine. He’s an amazing person. Amazing man. But, some difficulty.’
