Tiger Woods needs to get help — for his own sake as well as those around him

For all that Tiger Woods has done on the golf course — all the trophies and green jackets and praise that he’s achieved and deserved — his life outside the ropes continues to spiral. Friday afternoon’s two-car crash is just another bright red line in a clear, unmistakable message to Woods: Get help. Soon.

The facts of Friday are still sparse, but even sparse facts tell the story. Once again, Woods got behind the wheel of a car — and jammed down hard on the gas — while allegedly impaired. Once again, Woods paid the price, wrecking his vehicle and ending up on the business end of law enforcement.

And once again, fortunately, Woods barely escaped causing, or suffering, a terrible tragedy. On Friday, Woods was driving at a higher-than-posted speed on Jupiter Island, Florida, when he clipped the back of a pickup truck’s trailer. Police on the scene observed that Woods “did exemplify signs of impairment.

” He was arrested and taken to Martin County’s jail, where he refused a urinalysis, and where he was scheduled to wait for eight hours before being released on bond. Tiger Woods stands by his overturned vehicle in Jupiter Island, Fla. , on Friday, March 27, 2026.