Kamal Ghorui
NEW DELHI: A major controversy erupted around golf legend Tiger Woods on Saturday after he was arrested on a charge of driving under the influence when his Land Rover rolled over on a two-lane road near his Jupiter Island home in Florida on Friday. Woods was lodged in the Martin County Jail, and his mugshot has now been released.Thankfully, the 50-year-old golf icon escaped unhurt but was detained after his vehicle clipped a truck while attempting to overtake on a residential road on Jupiter Island, flipping over before coming to a halt.Martin County Sheriff John Budensiek said Woods showed signs of “impairment”, though he passed a breathalyzer test. However, he was formally charged with driving under the influence after refusing to take a urine analysis test, Budensiek said.“When it came time for us to ask for a urinalysis test, he refused, and so he’s been charged with DUI, with property damage and refusal to submit to a lawful test in the crash,” Budensiek said.The sheriff said drug recognition experts who examined Woods at the scene believed the golfer was impaired with “some kind of medication or drug.”However, under Florida law, Budensiek said, Woods was entitled to refuse a urine test.“We will never get definitive results as to what he was impaired on at the time of the crash,” Budensiek told reporters.While neither Woods nor the driver of the other vehicle was injured, Sheriff Budensiek said the incident “could have been a lot worse.”“This is a small two-lane road,” he said. “Had somebody been moving in the opposite direction, we would not be having a conversation saying there was no injuries.”Asked to estimate how fast Woods had been driving before the crash, Budensiek replied: “The answer is I can’t. But I can tell you this — it’s a 30 mile an hour speed limit.“When I show you the photos, they kind of speak for themselves…you can see that he slid for a decent space before he came to a stop.”
