Tiger Woods pleads guilty to reckless driving,

Tiger Woods was suspended from driving for 5 years and fined after reaching a plea deal at a Florida court Wednesday in connection with a rollover crash in March.

The golf legend pleaded guilty to reckless driving and refusal to submit to a lawful urinalysis check. The settlement also consists of a $1,000 nice.

Woods, 50, initially pleaded not guilty after being charged with driving under the affect on March 27. His Land Rover clipped a truck, rolled onto its aspect and he was arrested by police officers who responded to the incident after he failed a sobriety check.

An arrest affidavit indicated Woods said he was wanting at his cellphone and altering the radio station when the crash occurred. The breathalyzer check confirmed no traces of alcohol, but Woods refused to take a urine check, had two hydrocodone drugs in his pocket and admitted to taking “a few pills,” the report said.

Woods’ attorney, Douglas Duncan, pleaded not guilty to both fees March 31 and requested a jury trial. The choose allowed Woods to go away the nation for inpatient treatment at a rehab facility in Switzerland.

Woods’ pivot to recovery got here after a barrage of headlines about his rollover crash and unfocused, hiccups-laden aftermath captured on police officers’ physique cameras that included a telephone call to President Trump, the failed area sobriety assessments, handcuffs and a drive to jail in the back seat of a squad car.

At a listening to in May, Steele granted prosecutors’ request for access to “any and all prescription medication on file” for Woods, including kind of prescription, quantity of drugs and dosage quantity. Those particulars presumably would have been submitted as evidence at a trial, which now won’t happen.

“I know and understand the seriousness of the situation I find myself in today,” Woods said in a assertion in March. “I am stepping away for a period of time to seek treatment and focus on my health. This is necessary in order for me to prioritize my well-being and work toward lasting recovery. I’m committed to taking the time needed to return to a healthier, stronger, and more focused place, both personally and professionally.”

Woods’ struggles with pharmaceuticals grew to become public in 2017 when police discovered him asleep at the wheel of his car with the engine working close to his Jupiter, Fla., home. Painkillers, sleep aids and THC have been detected in his system. Woods checked into rehab shortly after that incident, saying his efforts to handle insomnia and pain from his staggering quantity of back surgical procedures on his own was a mistake.

The latest crash is the fourth major incident involving Woods behind the wheel since 2009.

“I feel bad for Tiger,” fellow golf great Jack Nicklaus told the Palm Beach Post in April. “He’s been taking painkillers for a long time and I don’t know how much pain he’s in. But I don’t think he’d be taking them if he didn’t need them.”

Woods first damage his back as a high faculty sophomore in 1992 when he grew to become the youngest golfer to play in a PGA Tour event, taking pictures a one-over-par 72 at Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles. That started a career-threatening battle with back accidents that consists of seven surgical procedures since 2014 — a number of microdiscectomies, a 2017 lumbar fusion and most lately a lumbar disc substitute carried out in October 2025.

“Tiger Woods’ experience with spinal disease highlights a real and under-recognized issue among modern-era golfers,” said Dr. Corey Walker of the Barrow Neurological Institute. “Tiger’s use of the mechanics of the modern-day swing places a tremendous strain on the back.”

Woods last performed in an official PGA Tour event at The Open Championship on July 19, 2024, at Royal Troon, lacking the cut.