Golf legend rips Tiger Woods, PGA Tour after DUI arrest

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Nick Faldo, a erstwhile PGA Tour prima who won the Masters and the Open Championship 3 times each, ripped Tiger Woods and the enactment aft the legendary golfer’s DUI arrest.

Woods faced charges successful Florida implicit the wreck and for refusing to taxable a urine illustration to instrumentality enforcement. The Martin County Sheriff’s Office released bodycam footage earlier successful the week, showing deputies removing 2 pills from Woods’ pants pouch and issuing him a tract sobriety test.

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Tiger Woods went done respective exercised earlier getting handcuffed. (Martin County Sheriff's Office)

But Faldo didn’t mince words erstwhile speaking to the media connected Friday astir Woods.

"There’s 1 broadside that’s like, ‘let’s attraction for Tiger’ ... there’s got to beryllium a work and accountability broadside arsenic well," helium said, via Golf.com. "This is simply a superior happening he’s done, you know. The PGA Tour connection was truthful predictably weak, however they showed that the Tour volition look aft him, arsenic they ever person done, and past you’ve got Jack (Nicklaus) saying it’s tarnished the full sport. You’ve got your opposites but determination has to beryllium immoderate accountability."

Faldo was dismayed that Woods had been successful tremendous pain, arsenic helium battled done backmost and Achilles injuries. He argued, however, that his injuries were "self-inflicted."

"I consciousness atrocious for Tiger due to the fact that he’s surviving successful 24-7 pain. I asked him that years ago, adjacent earlier the L.A. mishap (in 2021), but it’s each been self-inflicted," Faldo continued. "The bottommost enactment is I truly deliberation that thing should beryllium done a small spot much superior than waving him disconnected to a tropical land and saying ‘Welcome back’ successful 3 oregon 4 months."

Golfer Tiger Woods sitting successful an unmarked constabulary conveyance checking his cellphone

Golfer Tiger Woods checks his cellphone portion sitting successful an unmarked constabulary conveyance aft a car clang successful Jupiter Island, Florida, connected March 27, 2026. (Martin County Sheriff's Office)

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The PGA Tour offered enactment of Woods aft the golfer pleaded not blameworthy to his charges and vowed to "seek treatment" for the issues that he’s dealing with.

"Tiger Woods is simply a fable of our athletics whose interaction extends acold beyond his achievements connected the course," the enactment said. "But supra each else, Tiger is simply a person, and our absorption is connected his wellness and well-being. Tiger continues to person our afloat enactment arsenic helium takes this important step."

Faldo said that the Tour indispensable beryllium anguished "behind closed doors" astir paying Woods millions and him being successful the antagonistic spotlight.

Woods was capable to question the attraction that helium needed extracurricular of the U.S.