Tiger Woods has been released from jail after spending eight hours behind bars in the wake of his terrifying high-speed crash and subsequent DUI arrest.

The golf legend, 50, was arrested on Friday afternoon after he tried to overtake a truck and trailer at high speed on a residential Jupiter Island road, clipping the back of the vehicle and tipping his own SUV onto its side.

After clambering out of the passenger side window of his vehicle, Woods refused to give a urine sample to cops and was arrested for DUI, property damage and refusal to submit to a lawful test.

 

He was transported to Martin County Public Safety Complex where he was booked at around 3pm, and his latest mugshot taken.

Cops released the remarkable image to the public shortly after 10pm, with Woods’ eyes puffy and bloodshot. An hour later, he was bonded out and driven away from the jail, as fans and reporters swarmed the car for a glimpse of him.

In photos taken by a Daily Mail photographer, Woods can be seen looking stony-faced with his lips pursed, before momentarily glancing out of the passenger side window at the gathered masses before disappearing into the night.

He appeared to be driven away from the jail by close confidant and longtime business partner Rob McNamara, who also operates as vice president of Woods’ TGR Ventures.

Tiger Woods is driven away from Martin County Jail after being bonded out on Friday night
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Tiger Woods is driven away from Martin County Jail after being bonded out on Friday night

Woods appeared stony-faced as he sat in the passenger seat after eight hours behind bars
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Woods appeared stony-faced as he sat in the passenger seat after eight hours behind bars

Woods stares down the lens in his police mugshot after being arrest for DUI on Friday afternoon
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Woods stares down the lens in his police mugshot after being arrest for DUI on Friday afternoon

Woods pursed his lips and glanced out of the window at reporters as he left the jail
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It was the end of a rough afternoon for the 15-time major champion
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Woods pursed his lips and glanced out of the window at reporters as he left the jail

Woods stands alongside his Range Rover SUV after clambering out of the passenger side
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Woods stands alongside his Range Rover SUV after clambering out of the passenger side

It was earlier revealed by Sheriff John Budensiek that the 15-time major champion would be required to spend at least eight hours in prison before being allowed to leave on bail.

Speaking to reporters, the sheriff said of Woods’ jail time: ‘It doesn’t matter who you are, if you break the law we’re gonna follow the law. That’s a really easy path to take.

‘Now as far as being in the jail, we’re gonna make sure he’s safe. We’re not gonna put him in general population, he’s not gonna be with other inmates that can try and hurt him or try to capitalize on what he did.

‘He’ll pay the price, but he’s not gonna pay the price by getting punished in jail. He was not injured. He was lethargic on scene, but we believe that was because of what he was intoxicated on.’

At the scene of the accident, Woods passed a breathalyzer test after showing ‘triple zeros’, but then refused to give a urine sample twice, once on the roadside and then again at the jail.

‘He is cooperative, but he was not trying to incriminate himself, so he was careful in what he said and didn’t say,’ Sheriff Budensiek explained. ‘When it came time again for the test, the urine test at the jail, he stopped that.

Fans and reporters crowded the black SUV as it left the Martin County Jail shortly after 11pm
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Fans and reporters crowded the black SUV as it left the Martin County Jail shortly after 11pm

Woods flipped his SUV onto its side after clipping a trailer (right) while attempting to overtake
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Woods flipped his SUV onto its side after clipping a trailer (right) while attempting to overtake

Woods is seen in a police booking photo after his arrest on suspicion of DUI on May 29, 2017
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Woods is seen in a police booking photo after his arrest on suspicion of DUI on May 29, 2017

‘On scene, we had [Drug Recognition] experts evaluating him and they believed from on scene that he was not impaired with alcohol, but they believe it was some type of medication or drug. And again, at the jail he cooperated with the breathalyzer, and then the urine [test] he wanted no part in.

‘He has a right to refuse that test. There is a statute that he will be charged with for refusing to take that test, but we will never get definitive results as to what he was impaired on at the time of the crash.’

Woods, who lives on Jupiter Island around two miles from where the incident occurred, was involved in a similar crash in 2021 in California, which shattered his right leg after he was trapped under the vehicle. He needed multiple surgeries in order to recover from his injuries.

The accident, the third crash he has been involved in in recent years, comes just days after Woods made his hugely anticipated return to golf at an event on Tuesday night, where girlfriend Vanessa Trump was watching him play.

Woods was previously pictured in a police mugshot in 2017 after being arrested for his first DUI, when police found him slumped in his car in Florida with five drugs in his system, including two painkillers.

The golf legend kisses girlfriend Vanessa Trump on the cheek on his return to golf on Tuesday
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The golf legend kisses girlfriend Vanessa Trump on the cheek on his return to golf on Tuesday

Woods pictured with his two kids Sam (center) and Charlie (left) in Florida in 2023
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Woods pictured with his two kids Sam (center) and Charlie (left) in Florida in 2023

He subsequently checked into rehab for painkiller addiction.

He was involved in another high-profile crash in 2009 when he hit a fire hydrant after being chased from his home by then-wife Elin Nordegren, which led him to admit to multiple affairs and drug use.

Woods and Nordegren eventually divorced in 2010 but have remained friends while co-parenting their children.

‘Having the relationship that I have now with her is fantastic,’ Woods told Time in 2015. ‘We both know that the most important things in our lives are our kids. I wish I would have known that back then.’

Their 17-year-old son, Charlie, is an aspiring golfer and the former couple often reunite to support him at events. They also have a daughter, Sam, who is 18.

Woods has been dating Vanessa Trump for over a year – their relationship was first reported by the Daily Mail in March 2025 after they started seeing each other around Thanksgiving 2024.

Vanessa filed for an uncontested divorce from ex-husband Donald Trump Jr. in March 2018.