Tiger Woods FINALLY set for first court appearance five months on from shock DUI arrest and rollover crash
After months out of the spotlight, golf legend Tiger Woods is set to return to the public eye for his first court appearance following his shock DUI arrest and car crash.
Woods, 50, was detained on March 27 after flipping his SUV while trying to overtake a truck and trailer at high speed in the billionaire enclave of Jupiter Island.
After police found two opioid painkillers in his pocket, Woods was charged with DUI, property damage and refusal to submit to a lawful test.
Woods sought professional help in Zurich, Switzerland, afterwards, briefly returning to Florida after girlfriend Vanessa Trump revealed her breast cancer diagnosis.
Nearly five months on from the initial crash, it’s been revealed that Woods will finally make his first courtroom appearance over the matter in early September.
The date had reportedly been postponed a number of times amid prosecutors continuing the investigation process in South Florida.
Tiger Woods is set to return to the public eye for his first court appearance after his DUI arrest
Woods has completed a rehab program in Switzerland after being arrested for DUI on March 27
The 15-time major winner will be represented by attorney Douglas Duncan. Woods had waived his arraignment and requested a jury trial over the matter.
His most recent hearing was held on August 4, following a July ruling that allowed prosecutors to obtain Woods’ hospital records that were connected to the crash.
Martin County circuit court judge Darren Steele approved an agreement between the State Attorney’s Office and Woods’ legal team that allowed prosecutors to request records from the hospital that treated the PGA legend following his crash.
Back in May, Steele approved a similar agreement granting prosecutors access to Woods’ prescription medication records from his Palm Beach pharmacy between January 1 and his March crash.
Prosecutors and Woods’ attorney have agreed to a protective order that limits the release of any hospital or prescription records to the State Attorney’s Office, law enforcement, state experts and the defense.
Woods was closing in on a return to golf and was widely expected to compete at The Masters in the days before the crash.
He hasn’t competed since the 2024 Open Championship at Royal Troon in Scotland and has since undergone surgery to repair a torn Achilles as well as a seventh back procedure.
After police found two opioid painkillers in his pocket, Woods was charged with DUI, property damage and refusal to submit to a lawful test
Woods was detained on March 27 after his arrest for DUI in Martin County, Florida
Woods was in rehab in Switzerland when Vanessa Trump received her breast cancer diagnosis
The latest saga is the fourth time he has been in trouble after being behind the wheel of a car.
He was arrested for another DUI in 2017 after police found him slumped in his car in Florida with five drugs in his system, including two painkillers.
Woods was later 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 and has struggled with the troubling heel issue plantar fasciitis ever since.
He also crashed into a fire hydrant in November 2009 as he tried to flee his Florida home after his then-wife Elin Nordegren discovered his infidelities.
