Golfer Tiger Woods was released late on March 27 from the Martin County Jail in Stuart, Florida.
Woods was arrested on suspicion of a DUIafter crawling out of his rolled-over vehicle following a two-vehicle crash on Jupiter Island after 2 p.m. ET on March 27, according to Martin County Sheriff John Budensiek.
Woods was reportedly released at 11:15 p.m. ET. The 50-year-old man was seen leaving the side entrance of the jail, riding in the passenger seat of an SUV.
Woods was expected to be detained for at least eight hours following his arrest and had to post bail as part of protocol in the state, according to Budensiek. It is not known how much the bail was.
Budensiek stated during a March 27 press conference that Woods was cooperative following the crash. The sheriff said that Woods appeared to be impaired when officers first made contact with him at the scene, but drugs or medication were not found at the scene. Alcohol was ruled out by authorities as not having been a factor.
The golfer was driving a Land Rover northbound at high speeds before overtaking a truck pulling a trailer with a pressure cleaner and clipping it. The speed limit posted was 30 mph.
The Land Rover did not fully roll over and was seen on its side.
"This could have been a lot worse," Budensiek said.
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The incident occurred about three miles from Woods' home, according to public property records.
Woods has a history of car crashes.
His use of Ambien, a sleep drug, came into question in one of his three previous incidents involving a vehicle. His SUV rolled in Los Angeles County in February 2021.Woods suffered broken bones in his legbut never received a traffic citation for that incident.
Woods' other two incidents also took place in the state of Florida.
He was charged with a DUI in 2017 after police found his Mercedes stopped on the road in the right lane with its brake lights on and the right blinker still on.
"Woods had extremely slow and slurred speech," according to the police report. Ambien was one of five drugs found in a toxicology report. He was also said to have Vicodin, Dilaudid, Xanax and THC in his system.
Woods was behind the wheel when his Cadillac Escalade collided with a row of hedges and hit a fire hydrant and a tree before finally coming to a stopoutside of his homein late 2009. The incident exposed his infidelity and was followed by a divorce, loss of sponsorships and a golf hiatus to enter rehab.
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