Sportscaster Jim Gray says Tiger Woods' DUI arrest is 'another cry for help'

Tiger Woods was taken into custody aft a rollover clang connected Jupiter Island, Florida, Friday, the Martin County Sheriff's Office confirmed.

At a property conference, Sheriff John Budensiek said the five-time Masters victor was traveling astatine "a precocious complaint of speed" erstwhile his conveyance collided with different car, causing it to rotation implicit onto the driver's side. 

Budensiek added that Woods appeared to person exited the conveyance by "crawling" retired of the rider side.

Fox News contributor Jim Gray said Woods’ clang and consequent apprehension people the latest section successful what helium called an ongoing "sad story."

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Tiger Woods of Jupiter Links Golf Club earlier a lucifer against the Los Angeles Golf Club astatine SoFi Center March 23, 2026, successful Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.  (Adam Glanzman/TGL/TGL Golf via Getty Images)

"It is simply a bittersweet story, and it continues to beryllium a bittersweet story. We've each been thrilled with him watching him playing golf. He's a nationalist treasure (and) an planetary icon, possibly the top ever. Jack Nicklaus has much majors, but Tiger (is) wide acclaimed, is the top golfer ever," Gray said Friday connected "Special Report."

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"To spot this happen, not lone erstwhile but twice, present the 3rd clip … and to person been capable to past the past clip and to present spell done it again, it conscionable leads you to wonderment who is surrounding him. Why does helium support getting successful these circumstances? And he's been truthful large with his operator connected the course, possibly helium should get a operator to thrust him."

Golfer Tiger Woods stands by his overturned conveyance successful Jupiter Island, Fla., Friday, March 27, 2026.  (Jason Oteri/AP)

Authorities said Woods "exemplified signs of impairment." He blew "triple-zeroes" for intoxicant but refused a urine test.

"DUI investigators came to the country here, and Mr. Woods did exemplify signs of impairment. They did respective tests connected him. Of course, helium did explicate the injuries and the surgeries that helium had. We did instrumentality that into account, but they did bash immoderate in-depth roadside tests," Budensiek added.

"We truly weren't suspicious of intoxicant being progressive successful this case, and that proved to beryllium existent astatine the jail. … But erstwhile it came clip for america to inquire for a urinalysis test, helium refused. And, so, he's been charged with DUI, with spot harm and refusal to taxable to a lawful test."

Gray described the incidental arsenic a troubling pattern.

"It's conscionable different outcry for help, it's screaming out. At immoderate point, somehow, immoderate way, idiosyncratic has to get to him to get him this help. Get him a driver, get retired from down the wheel. When you've had this galore surgeries, evidently we spot this with nonrecreational sports each the time, galore surgeries leads to conscionable tremendous pain. 

"And with that symptom you've got to someway effort to curtail it, and it leads radical down this path. I can't talk to whether oregon not he's gone down that path. I haven't spoken to his doctor, and I haven't spoken to him astir it. 

"But we bash cognize from habits and from the patterns that we spot from others and his ain pattern, that thing is drastically disconnected here. Thankfully, helium hasn't wounded himself arsenic atrocious arsenic helium did the past time, and helium didn't wounded anybody else."

The Masters begins April 9 astatine Augusta National, and Woods precocious said helium has not ruled retired playing successful the season’s archetypal major.

In the 14 majors since helium won the greenish overgarment successful 2019, Woods has failed to muster a apical 20 finish. It’s his longest specified streak since failing to decorativeness successful the apical 20 successful the archetypal six majors of his vocation successful 1995 and 1996. In his past 26 majors, helium has lone 4 apical 20 finishes.

Since finishing tied for ninth astatine the 2020 Farmers Insurance Open, his champion decorativeness successful his 18 authoritative events since past has been a necktie for 37th astatine the 2020 PGA Championship.

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"He's fixed america truthful galore thrills and truthful overmuch joy. I deliberation it would beryllium a joyousness for each of america for america to spot him get himself backmost together. To get done the pain. He's had surgeries connected his back, his neck, his Achilles, his genu … truthful connected and truthful forth. 

"They've each added up. Just to beryllium capable to spot him grin and to beryllium a portion of the crippled and to beryllium astir his children and to beryllium capable to relation usually would beryllium a large joyousness for america going forward. He doesn't person to unrecorded up to himself and what he's done connected the play people successful the past. That's acceptable successful stone, and it's acceptable forever."

Woods has not competed successful a nonrecreational play tourney since 2024, erstwhile helium competed successful conscionable 5 events — the Genesis Invitational and the 4 majors. He withdrew from the Genesis, finished dormant past successful the Masters and missed the chopped successful the different majors.

Fox News' Ryan Morik contributed to this report.

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