Tiger Woods’ latest arrest could not have come at a worse time for the world of golf with the legend scheduled for a high-profile appearance this week.
The 50-year-old was arrested for DUI on Friday after he attempted to overtake a truck and trailer at high speed on a residential Jupiter Island road, before clipping the back of the vehicle and tipping his own SUV onto its side.
After clambering out of the passenger-side window, he refused to give a urine sample to cops and was arrested for DUI, property damage and refusal to submit to a lawful test. He was booked in jail on Friday afternoon and had his latest mugshot taken before being released later that night.
The arrest came just over a week before Woods as reportedly scheduled to return to Augusta amid heightened speculation that he could make a comeback at this year’s Masters tournament.
The 15-time major winner is scheduled to be in Augusta, Georgia, with Masters chairman Fred Ridley to celebrate a project at ‘The Patch,’ according to the Associated Press.
‘The Patch’ is municipal golf course where Woods’ design team created a short course to go along with a major upgrade to the public course.
Tiger Woods is scheduled to make an appearance in Augusta, Georgia on April 5
Woods stares down the lens in his police mugshot after being arrested for DUI on Friday
Woods made his hugely-anticipated return to golf at an event on Tuesday night, just days before his accident.
He had been sidelined since October when he underwent back surgery – the seventh of his career. He also suffered a torn Achilles in March 2025, which ruled him out of last year’s major championship at Augusta.
Woods had hinted earlier in the week that he had been looking to get in shape to compete at Augusta next month. However, that seemed unlikely and now even more so.
Meanwhile, Woods had been just days away from another highly-anticipated verdict. The PGA of America had reportedly given him a deadline of The Masters, which begins on April 9, to decide whether he would be accepting the US captaincy for the next Ryder Cup.
While the Europeans have already confirmed that Luke Donald will be returning for his third consecutive tenure, Woods is the leading contender to be captain of the US team for the 2027 event at Adare Manor in Ireland.
He had also been the top candidate for the last Ryder Cup before he turned it down. PGA of America officials were forced to wait longer than ever before announcing Keegan Bradley as captain at Bethpage Black.
Yet, his latest crash has now cast that decision in doubt as it now appears everything is on hold as Woods handles the fallout of his arrest.
Woods was involved in a similar crash in 2021 in California, which shattered his right leg after he was trapped under the vehicle. He needed multiple surgeries in order to recover from his injuries.
Woods is set to join Augusta chairman Fred Ridley to celebrate a project at ‘The Patch’
Woods stands alongside his Range Rover SUV after clambering out of the passenger side
Woods was driven away from Martin County Jail after being bonded out on Friday night
He was also previously pictured in a police mugshot in 2017 after being arrested for his first DUI, when police found him slumped in his car in Florida with five drugs in his system, including two painkillers.
Cops released his latest remarkable mugshot to the public shortly after 10pm on Friday, with his eyes puffy and bloodshot in the image. An hour later, he was bonded out and driven away from Martin County Public Safety Complex, as fans and reporters swarmed the car for a glimpse of him.
In photos taken by a Daily Mail photographer, he can be seen looking stony-faced with his lips pursed, before momentarily glancing out of the passenger side window at the gathered masses before disappearing into the night.
At the scene of the accident, Woods passed a breathalyzer test after showing ‘triple zeros’, but then refused to give a urine sample twice, once on the roadside and then again at the jail.
‘He is cooperative, but he was not trying to incriminate himself, so he was careful in what he said and didn’t say,’ Martin County Sheriff John Budensiek explained. ‘When it came time again for the test, the urine test at the jail, he stopped that.
‘On scene, we had [Drug Recognition] experts evaluating him and they believed from on scene that he was not impaired with alcohol, but they believe it was some type of medication or drug. And again, at the jail he cooperated with the breathalyzer, and then the urine [test] he wanted no part in.
‘He has a right to refuse that test. There is a statute that he will be charged with for refusing to take that test, but we will never get definitive results as to what he was impaired on at the time of the crash.’
