Masters 2026: Gary Player, while sympathetic to Tiger Woods after his latest crash and arrest, urges him to stop driving
"Do I blame him for taking medicine? Hell no."
Gary Player has a fairly simple solution for Tiger Woods. Hire a driver. “I think all he’s got to do is just not drive a car and get a chauffeur,” Player said Thursday after hitting the ceremonial tee shot to open the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club.
“My reflexes, I think, are as good as when I was 20. But I don’t drive anymore. I get a chauffeur.
” Woods is not in the field this week after he was involved in a rollover crash in Florida and arrested late last month. He was formally charged Wednesday with misdemeanor DUI and refusing to take a chemical or physical test. He has entered a plea of not guilty.
Woods was driving in Jupiter Island, Florida, when he collided with a pickup truck and rolled his Range Rover. There were no injuries after the incident, and Woods climbed out of his SUV on his own. He told police he was looking at his phone before the accident, and police found two pain pills in his pocket.