The 15-time major champion was allegedly under the influence of “some type of medication or drug” when he flipped his luxury Land Rover around 2 p.m. on Jupiter Island, according to the Martin County Sheriff.
The latest scandal for the golf great follows multiple rehab stints for his abuse of prescription pills that has been tied to prior smash-ups.
In November 2009, the athlete slammed his Cadillac Escalade into a neighbor’s tree outside his Isleworth home in Windermere in the wake of an explosive cheating scandal that blew up his marriage to former Swedish model Elin Nordegren.
It was later revealed that Woods – who wasn’t wearing shoes or socks when he was knocked unconscious in the crash — was under the influence of sleeping pills while he was behind the wheel.
Woods was infamously busted for driving high on prescription pills — including Vicodin, Dilaudid, Xanax, Ambien, and THC — in 2017 along a Jupiter road, leading to a widely mocked, bleary-eyed mugshot.
Police found him asleep behind the wheel about 15 miles from his home in the wee hours of Memorial Day, with the engine running, which he later blamed on a bad mix of pain meds.
Woods told officers he was taking the pills to ease the pain from back surgery.
Beginning in spring 2014, he underwent four back surgeries – including a fusion operation just two months before the high-profile incident.
He eventually pleaded guilty to reckless driving and agreed to enter a diversion program for first-time DUI offenders.
Woods also checked into a treatment clinic in an effort to overcome his dependence on painkillers.
The 82-time PGA winner was also seriously injured in a high-speed 2021 car crash in California that left him with multiple leg fractures and required immediate major surgery.
No drug use was suspected in that incident.
He was not injured in Friday’s crash.
Martin County Sheriff John Budenseik said Woods tried to whip around a flatbed truck pulling into a driveway at a “high rate of speed” — but swerved to avoid an oncoming car, allegedly clipping the truck and sending his Land Rover tumbling.
Police said the golfer seemed unusually lethargic — with a breath test showing no signs of alcohol.
Woods is currently being held at the county jail.
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