

1 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Sep 2, 2026 07:36 PM IST
Tiger Woods pleaded guilty and entered a plea agreement on Wednesday to a reckless driving charge following a rollover crash in March this year near his home in Florida.
Appearing in a courtroom in Martin County, Woods agreed to a reduced charge after he was earlier charged with DUI by the authorities. A judge on Wednesday ordered that his driver’s licence be suspended for five years.
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Golf · Courts · United States
Tiger Woods: from the 2009 crash to a 2026 reckless-driving plea
Four crashes in 17 years, two plea deals over driving charges. On Wednesday, a Florida judge accepted a plea agreement that reduced Woods’ DUI charge and took his licence for five years — with no exceptions.
Updated September 2, 2026 · Martin County Court, Stuart, Florida
5 YEARS
Driver’s licence suspension, no hardship exemption
“The five-year driving suspension is for the safety of the public. There are no exceptions. If you were to drive for any reason at all, you would go immediately back to jail,” Judge Darren Steele told Woods. Woods has 30 days to appeal.
The road here
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2009
Florida
SUV crashes into a fire hydrant and a tree outside his home
No criminal charges
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May 2017
Palm Beach County, Florida
Found asleep behind the wheel of his parked Mercedes
Arrested on suspicion of DUI
Later pleaded guilty to reckless driving; $250 fine, DUI school, a year’s probation and a diversion programme
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Feb 2021
Los Angeles area, California
Serious single-vehicle rollover crash
Severe leg and ankle injuries
No charges; investigators said he was driving at nearly twice the posted 45 mph limit
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March 27, 2026
Jupiter Island, Florida
Land Rover clips a truck’s trailer while passing and rolls onto its side
Arrested on a DUI-with-property-damage charge, plus refusal to submit to a lawful test
No one injured; about $5,000 of damage to the truck, per the sheriff’s report
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September 2, 2026
Stuart, Florida
Plea agreement accepted
DUI charge amended to reckless driving, second offence; a careless driving citation added
Woods pleaded guilty, also to refusing a lawful test
Five-year licence suspension on both counts, running concurrently
$1,000 and $500 fines, plus $18.44 in costs, paid at the hearing
By the numbers
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50
Woods’ age
15
Major championships — second only to Jack Nicklaus
82
PGA Tour wins
$5,000
Damage to the truck in the March crash
What happened in the 2026 crash
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1 · Approach
30 mph road
TRAILER
TRUCK
WOODS
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2 · Passing, then contact
Clips the rear of the trailer
TRAILER
TRUCK
WOODS
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3 · Rollover
SUV on its side, driver climbs out
TRAILER
TRUCK
SUV
Schematic — not to scale. Based on the police account.
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Woods attempted to pass the truck on a residential road
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His Land Rover clipped the back of the trailer
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The SUV veered off and rolled onto its side
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Woods climbed out through the passenger side
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No one was injured
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Truck damage put at $5,000
What police reported
Deputies noted signs of impairment
Two hydrocodone pain pills found in his pocket
Breath test: negative for alcohol
Woods declined to give a urine sample
Woods told a deputy he had been looking at his phone and changing the radio station when he hit the truck, according to the sheriff’s report.
Woods was never convicted of driving under the influence in this case: prosecutors amended that charge as part of the plea agreement. All impairment observations are as recorded by Martin County deputies.
Sources: Martin County Court proceedings, Sept 2, 2026; Martin County Sheriff’s Office report; AFP, Reuters and Associated Press reports.
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During the hearing, Woods, 50, said little and sat in the defence gallery. The veteran golfer arrived at the courthouse with his girlfriend, Vanessa Trump, President Donald Trump’s former daughter-in-law.
Earlier, Woods had pleaded not guilty to a driving under the influence charge. The golf champion was arrested previously after his SUV hit a truck and rolled over on its side on a beachside residential road on Jupiter Island.
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