Woods, 41, who has won 14 major championships but has been troubled by health problems in recent years, was taken into custody at 3 a.m. in Jupiter, Fla.
Tiger Woods, one of golf’s towering figures, was charged with driving under the influence early Monday.
Woods was taken into custody at 3 a.m. in Jupiter, Fla., according to WPTV-TV. He was booked at 7: 18 a.m. and released at 10: 50 a.m., according to Palm Beach County Jail records.
Woods, 41, has won 14 major championships but has been troubled by health problems in recent years. After 16 months off because of back problems, he returned in December. He finished 15th out of 17 golfers at the unofficial Hero World Challenge, then failed to make the cut at the Farmers Insurance Open in January. He withdrew from the Dubai Desert Classic in February because of a back spasms after shooting an opening-round 77 and has not played since.
In April, he had a fourth back operation, which was expected to keep him off the course for six months. Last week, he wrote on his website that he intended to play professionally again and that he “could no longer live with the pain” he had before the surgery.
“It is hard to express how much better I feel, ” he wrote. “It was instant nerve relief. I haven’ t felt this good in years.”
Woods enjoyed a clean public image until 2009, when he was cited with careless driving after he crashed his car into a fire hydrant and tree outside his home. There was no indication that alcohol was a factor in the crash.
“I’ m human and I’ m not perfect, ” he said at the time.
The episode led to the surfacing of marital infidelities, for which he apologized in February 2010. He went to rehabilitation after the accident, reportedly for sex addiction.
