Tiger Woods Charged With Suspicion Of DUI In Florida

Tiger Woods is out on bail after he was charged Friday with suspicion of driving under the influence and refusing to submit to a drug test on Florida's Treasure Coast. It was the second time the legendary golfer has been charged with suspicion of DUI; police in Jupiter filed a DUI charge against Woods in 2017 after law enforcement found him asleep at the wheel of his Mercedes-Benz, which was stopped partially on the shoulder and partly in the road. At the time, Woods said the cause was prescription medications he was taking, and he ultimately pleaded guilty to reckless driving along with saying he would go into a diversion program. The Jupiter Island crash also is the third for Woods. In 2009, shortly after Thanksgiving, his SUV slammed into a fire hydrant and a tree near his home in the Orlando area. That crash was followed by the life of the then-top ranked golfer in the world unraveling, as reports of his multiple affairs soon became one of the biggest stories in the country. His wife divorced him, some of his corporate sponsors cut ties, and Woods stayed away from golf for months. His second crash, in Southern California, happened in 2021 when his SUV rolled over. At the time, law enforcement said Woods was going nearly twice the 45-miles-per-hour speed limited. The crash, as the Associated Press reported, left Woods with fractures in his right leg, and "doctors needed to insert a rod, screws and pins to stabilize Woods’ leg."