A former employee of Tiger Woods has speculated on the cause behind the sports star’s rollover car crash and DUI arrest, slamming the golf champion as a “terrible driver.”
“This guy is a terrible driver…he drives like a bat out of hell on roads where lawn services are parked with heavy equipment on board, frequently,” an anonymous insider told the Daily Mail.
“I rode with him in a car going 55 or 60 miles an hour, passing indifferent police officers,” the source added, referring to Woods, who has a history of serious traffic accidents.
Woods was arrested and charged Friday with driving under the influence, criminal damage to property and refusing to submit to a legal inspection after a two-vehicle crash overturned his Land Rover.
After he was taken into custody, he was subjected to various breathalyzer tests. Martin County Sheriff John Budensiek said he refused to submit to a urine test despite “striking multiple zeros” on a breathalyzer. Insiders explained that it was unlikely that the golfer’s consumption of “illicit drugs” was the cause.
“I know the guy, but that’s none of his business,” the source revealed.
A source told the outlet that Woods may have refused to provide a urine sample because he has been “taking large amounts of painkillers for years” to treat repeated injuries.
Representatives for the professional golfer did not immediately respond to Page Six’s request for comment.
The 50-year-old golfer previously admitted to taking various drugs before getting behind the wheel.
After a 2017 car crash, Woods admitted to police that he had taken Xanax before getting behind the wheel of his Mercedes and falling asleep on a Florida road.
A subsequent toxicology report revealed that he had Vicodin, Dilaudid, Xanax, Ambien, and THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) in his system at the time of the accident.
It was first reported Friday night that Woods had been involved in a recent car accident.
Authorities say Woods was driving through a residential area in Jupiter, Florida around 2 p.m. ET when he attempted to pass a household pressure washer and ended up hitting the “back end” of the truck’s trailer.
The impact nearly sent his car off the road and overturned.
Woods was uninjured in the crash and was able to get out of the car. Photos taken at the scene showed the player trying to make a phone call.
Skid marks on the road showed where Woods lost control of his car before falling.
Budensiek said at a press conference on Friday that a drug expert was at the scene of the crash and concluded that “although (Woods) was not impaired by alcohol, we believe it was some type of drug or narcotic.”
Sources exclusively told Page Six that his girlfriend Vanessa Trump, whom he has been dating since early 2025, was not with him at the time, nor was their daughter Kai.
The pair were seen supporting golfers at a tournament at Jupiter Links Golf Club earlier this week.
Woods was taken to the Martin County Jail immediately after the accident and was held for eight hours, as required by Florida law, before being released.
