Tiger Woods Q&A: What we know about car crash and 15-time major champion's hopes of playing at The Masters

Tiger Woods Q&A: What we know about car crash and 15-time major champion's hopes of playing at The Masters

We look at the key questions following Tiger Woods’ car crash in Florida on Friday afternoon.

Woods' vehicle rolled over after clipping a truck on Jupiter Island in Florida just before 2pm local time on Friday afternoon, with the 15-time major champion walking away unhurt after crawling out of the passenger door.

No one was injured in the incident.

Sheriff John Budensiek said the crash occurred after Woods apparently attempted to overtake the trailer in front at a "high rate of speed".

The vehicle tipped on to its side and then "slid for a pretty decent space before he came to a stop."

Wood was described as "lethargic" by officers with police believing he was "impaired on medication".

He took a breathalyser test at scene returned a negative finding but refused to submit a urine sample.

Budensiek added that police at the scene and at the jail were "really not suspicious of alcohol being involved".

This was Woods' fourth car crash or vehicle incident since 2009, with a previous one in 2021 lucky not to cost him his life.

The 50-year-old was arrested and charged with driving under the influence.

There were also further charges of property damage and refusal to submit to a lawful test.

He spent eight hours in a Florida jail before being released on bail.

After playing in the TGL finals for Jupiter Links on Tuesday night - his first action since teeing it up in the same competition 13 months earlier - Woods said he was "trying" to get himself in a position to play at The Masters, the first men's major of the season, at Augusta National from April 9.

Woods said: "[My body] doesn't recover like it did when it was 24, 25. It doesn't mean I'm not trying. I've been trying for a while. I want to play. I love the tournament. I've loved being there since I was 19 years old. It's meant a lot to me and my family over the years.

"I don't know [if I'll play]. We'll see how it goes. I'll be practising, playing at home this week and keep trying to make progress."

"He took his first meaningful swings in TGL on Tuesday night and that raised the idea that just maybe we would see him tee it up at Augusta National.

"But I still think that is probably highly unlikely given he has had zero competitive reps."

"To be charged with driving under the influence, to spend eight hours in a Florida jail, to refuse a urine test.

"This is the third time he has been involved in a car crash and this has echoes of 2017.

"People will probably say, 'Tiger, surely there is enough money in the bank now where you can afford to employ a driver to take you from place to place'.

"Surely he shouldn't be putting himself and other road users, other pedestrians at risk every time he gets behind the wheel of a car?"

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