PGA stars are sounding off after Tiger Woods was slapped with DUI charges in his latest rollover crash, demanding the troubled golf icon be punished and finally confront his “demons.”
Woods, 50, was hauled into custody Friday afternoon after Florida authorities said he was under the influence of “some type of medication or drug” when he flipped his Land Rover while trying to speed around a utility truck on a narrow road in his hometown of Jupiter Island.
The crash marked his second DUI bust and his fourth public car wreck.
“I don’t like sugar-coating things, and the way I look at it, there’s got to be some sort of punishment or withdrawal or some sort of suspension from the game,” former PGA golfer Mark Lye said Saturday on “Fox & Friends Weekend.”
“I’m just wondering where the discipline that he’s learned to convey on the golf course is [going to] take hold in his personal life. Obviously, he’s got demons going on. We all feel bad for Tiger, but you know something, there’s got to be accountability and it’s got to happen soon.”
Lye urged the PGA to take action against the crash-prone athlete, warning he’ll only “escape” punishment again if nothing changes.
PGA Tour announcer Doug Bell said it’s time for Woods, who has a rocky history with prescription drugs, to take a break from golf and focus on his recovery.
“It’s troublesome to see what happened yesterday. It is a pattern that has developed,” Bell told the outlet.
“He’s dealing with something that we don’t know what’s going on inside his head, the pain that he’s in from all the surgeries. Maybe stepping away might be the best thing, but it’s hard to keep a man this competitive away from something that he loves so, so much.”
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Woods’ latest driving debacle unfolded about three miles away from his Jupiter Island home when he tried to whip around a truck towing a small trailer along a narrow stretch of South Beach Road, which has a speed limit of 30 mph, police said.
The truck driver attempted to pull over, but the lead-footed golf champ clipped the back of the trailer, causing his lavish SUV to roll over, police said.
Cops said he appeared “lethargic” and showed “signs of impairment” but was uninjured in the crash.
Woods blew triple zeros on a Breathalyzer test but refused a uranalysis following roadside tests.
He hit with charges of driving under the influence, property damage, and refusal to submit to a lawful test. The 82-time PGA winner spent at least eight hours behind bars and was released late Friday.
Woods was infamously arrested in 2017 after being found unconscious behind the wheel of his running car while high on a cocktail of prescription painkillers.
He took a plea deal for reckless driving and served a year of probation.
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