Overview
- Tiger Woods, who crashed on March 27 near his Jupiter Island home, appears in Thursday’s police video taking roadside tests, having two hydrocodone pills removed from his pocket, and being placed under arrest.
- Investigators say Woods told them he looked down at his phone and changed the radio before hitting a truck’s trailer, which caused his SUV to roll; no one was hurt and damage to the other vehicle was estimated at about $5,000.
- The arrest affidavit details bloodshot and glassy eyes, lethargy, sweating, and dilated pupils; a jail breath test read 0.000 and Woods refused a urine test requested to check for drugs.
- Woods has pleaded not guilty, requested a jury trial, and waived his arraignment set for April 23, with a May 5 court date now on the calendar.
- After entering that plea, Woods said he will step away from golf to seek treatment, and a judge approved medical care abroad, a shift that takes him out of the Masters and reflects Florida’s law that now makes test refusal a misdemeanor.