Police report reveals new details about Tiger Woods car crash
Tiger Woods was looking at his phone and had pills in his pocket when he crashed his Land Rover in Florida last week, an arrest affidavit has revealed.
Tiger Woods was looking down at his phone before his car crash last week, according to an arrest affidavit.
The 50-year-old golfer was arrested for DUI after being involved in an accident on Jupiter Island, Florida last Friday (27.03.26), where he rolled his Land Rover after colliding with a pick-up truck, and the sheriff's office report has disclosed that pills were found in his pocket at the time of his arrest.
The affidavit, released by the Martin County Sheriff's Office on Tuesday (31.03.26), explained how Tiger had told investigators that he had not realised that the truck in front of him had slowed down.
It also stated that the 15-time major winner had "bloodshot and glossy eyes", "extremely dilated pupils" and seemed "lethargic and slow" when he failed several sobriety exercises.
The affidavit detailed how Tiger climbed out of the passenger seat following the crash and was "sweating profusely".
Two white pills that were identified as hydrocodone - which is used to treat severe pain - were found in his pocket during a search.
Woods informed deputies that he had been looking at his phone and changing the radio station in his vehicle before clipping the truck in front.
The former world number one had a compression sock on his knee and explained to the sheriff about his seven previous back surgeries and "over 20 operations on his leg", adding that he has a limp and his ankle seizes while walking.
Tiger walked away unhurt and took a breathalyser test at the scene that returned a negative result, but his refusal to submit a urine sample led to him being held in jail for eight hours before being released in the early hours of Saturday (28.03.26) morning.
The affidavit stated: "I believed that Woods' normal faculties were impaired, and he was unable to safely operate a motor vehicle."
Tiger was charged with DUI with property damage, as well as refusal to submit to a lawful urine test, and the golf legend is set to appear in court on April 23.
Woods' TGL team-mate Kevin Kisner branded his arrest as "very disturbing" and called for support to be shown to the five-time Masters champion.
Kevin - who is teammates with Tiger at Jupiter Links Golf Club of the TGL, an indoor golf league - said on NBC at the weekend: "Very disturbing. He was really working hard on his game, trying to practice and get back in shape. He signed up for the US Senior Open yesterday. He was trying to do anything he could to come back and try and help our TGL team get ready, hopefully try and play the Masters. Just a really unfortunate incident. The only positive is that nobody was injured in the incident and we can all move forward and hopefully help him get better."
