Tiger Woods found with opioids in pocket after DUI rollover crash: Police arrest affidavit

Tiger Woods found with opioids in pocket after DUI rollover crash: Police arrest affidavit


Tiger Woods is driven from the Martin County Jail after being arrested for driving under the influence after a car crash on March 27, 2026 in Stuart, Florida.

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Golf legend Tiger Woods was found by police to have two opioid pills in his pants pocket after his rollover crash last week in Florida, an arrest affidavit released Tuesday reveals.

The 50-year-old Woods also had “bloodshot and glassy eyes,” “extremely dilated pupils,” and was “sweating profusely,” when a sheriff’s deputy arrived at the two-car crash scene on Friday afternoon in Jupiter, the Martin County Sheriff’s Office affidavit says.

“Woods movement was lethargic and slow,” the deputy wrote in the affidavit.

“I asked Woods if he consumed any alcoholic beverage to drink today to which he stated ‘none,’ ” the deputy wrote.

“I asked Woods if he consumed any prescription medication to which he stated, ‘I take a few,’ ” the deputy wrote.

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During a search, police “located two white pills” inside the golfer’s left side pant pocket, according to the affidavit. Identifying marks showed the pills were hydrocodone, an opioid medication.

Woods submitted to a breath test, which found no alcohol in his system. But he refused to provide a urine test, according to police.

Woods was arrested and charged with driving under the influence, with property damage and refusal to take a urine test.

Tiger Woods speaks to the media a preview for the Hero World Challenge 2024 at Albany Golf Course on December 03, 2024 in Nassau, Bahamas.

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Woods in February 2021 crashed and rolled over an SUV he was driving in Southern California, badly injuring his right leg.

The golfer had continued to deal with the fallout of that crash, undergoing multiple surgeries.

Woods was arrested in May 2017 for DUI in Florida after cops found him asleep in a car that had been damaged.

The prescription drugs Vicodin, Dilaudid, Xanax, Ambien were found in his system after that arrest, as was THC, the psychoactive chemical in marijuana.

A month after his arrest in that case, Woods entered a clinic to be treated for issues with prescription pain medication and sleep disorder.

This is developing news. Check back for updates.

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