Tiger Woods arrested after Florida crash, facing DUI charges
Pro golfer Tiger Woods was arrested in Jupiter Island, Florida, on charges of DUI with property damage and refusing a urinalysis test after a crash.
JUPITER ISLAND — Legendary pro golfer Tiger Woods was arrested here on the afternoon of March 27 on misdemeanor charges of DUI with property damage and refusing to submit to a urinalysis. He was involved in a rollover crash with a pickup truck towing a trailer just after 2 p. m.
in the 200 block of South Beach Road, Martin County Sheriff John Budensiek said during a news conference outside Jupiter Island Town Hall, a few hours following the incident. Neither Woods nor the truck driver appeared injured, he said. Woods' home is in Jupiter Island, where he's lived since 2007, when he purchased the property for $44.
5 million, according to Martin County property appraiser records. Woods was taken to the Martin County Jail where he was expected to be for at least 8 hours before he can bond out, according to Florida law. "This could have been a lot worse," Budensiek said.
Woods was driving a dark-colored Land Rover on South Beach Road, Budensiek said. A pickup truck towing a trailer was getting ready to turn into a driveway when the driver saw the Land Rover coming up from behind at a high rate of speed, the sheriff said. It's unclear how fast the Land Rover was going.