Bodycam video shows Tiger Woods hiccupping, lethargic and yawning after his DUI arrest in Florida — and he gave cops a very mundane excuse for why he rolled his Land Rover.
The legendary golfer, wearing a blue polo shirt, was questioned in a squad car hours after flipping his SUV when he clipped a Ford F-150 landscaping truck that was parked in the road last Friday.
The footage, released on Thursday, starts by showing the 15-time major winner wearing sunglasses and a backwards baseball cap, cooperating after police arrived at the scene of his rollover crash in Hobe Sound just after 1 p.m. on March 27.
Newly-released body cam footage shows Tiger Woods kneeling and clutching his arm as deputies busted him for DUI in Florida. Martin County Sheriff's OfficeHe also gave a short explanation for the crash — saying, “I looked down at my phone and all of a sudden, boom.”
Woods, 50, appears zoned out as he speaks with the officer, appearing remarkably calm for a driver who has just flipped his truck.
The legendary golfer is cooperative after police arrived at the scene of his rollover crash on March 27 in Hobe Sound, South Florida. Martin County Sheriff's Office
Police appear to hold two pills found in Tiger Woods’ pocket at the time of his arrest. AP“Yeah, yeah, I’m cool, cool,” he responds breezily as the officer asks if he is comfortable by the side of the road and checks his back for injuries.
“We’re still gonna have our medic come and check you out, alright?” the officer tells Woods.
“Yeah,” Woods responds, before the officer walks off and gives an update to one of his colleagues.
“He’s OK. I just checked for anything on his back,” the first officer says.
The arresting officer then approaches Woods’ black Land Rover SUV, which is seen on its side in the middle of the road.
“Are you OK?” he asks the Ford driver, Jeromy Bullard, who is by his vehicle, before checking who hit whom.
“He hit me,” Bullard says, pointing at Woods.
“I was getting ready to turn and he didn’t see me, I think, and he just kept coming,” he added.
A driver at the front of a small line of traffic building behind the crash scene on South Beach Road then yells something at the officer, who orders the vehicles to turn around.
“You’re gonna have to go back around. Yeah, everybody,” the officer says. “You’re gonna have to go back around.”
In a separate portion of the video, at around 2:20 p.m., Woods is again asked what happened by a separate officer in the back of a squad car.
“I was looking down at my phone, looking at changing [radio] stations, and next thing I know, boom,” Woods says, appearing unfocused, still wearing his sunglasses.
He goes on to say he is “totally fine.”
Later, at around 3:00 p.m., Woods responds calmly as an officer tells him he is at fault for the crash, and therefore is being issued a citation for dangerous driving.
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Another clip taken later from the same body-worn camera shows Woods hiccupping as he tries to follow a pen with his eyes.
Woods expresses astonishment that he is being arrested after another officer tells him to face the hood of the car and place his hands behind his back.
Woods’ black Land Rover SUV is seen on its side in the middle of the road.
A dazed Tiger Woods is captured on bodycam footage being transported to the police station during his arrest. The pro golfer appeared to be tired during his arrest. Martin County Sheriff's Office
Tiger Woods cooperates with police during the field sobriety test at the time of his DUI arrest.
“I do believe your normal faculties are impaired, and you’re under an unknown substance, so at this time you’re under arrest for DUI,” Martin County Sheriff’s deputy Tatiana Levenar told Woods, who claims that he was looking at his phone and changing the radio station when the accident happened.
“I’m being arrested?” Woods replies, to which Levenar says, “Yes, sir.”
Woods insists in the video that he hadn’t drunk any alcohol, but admits to having taken “a few” medications earlier in the day.
Woods is pictured leaving the Martin County Sheriff’s Office after his arrest. Christopher Oquendo for NY PostLater in the video, he is seen yawning before appearing to take a nap in the squad car.
Woods was driving on Jupiter Island when he attempted to pass a Ford F-150 with a trailer attached by crossing double solid lines.
Deputies described the five-time Masters winner as lethargic, sweaty, and unsteady with bloodshot and glassy eyes following the arrest.
He also reportedly had difficulty completing the coordination exercises he was asked to perform by deputies.
Tiger Woods appears to cover himself with a blanket while in the police cruiser as he’s cuffed. Martin County Sheriff's OfficeTwo pills—later identified as the powerful opioid hydrocodone—were found in Woods’ pocket and collected as evidence, according to an affidavit.
“That’s a Norco,” Woods tells the officer in the body cam video, after he pulled out the two white pills.
Norco is a combination of acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol, and hydrocodone, an opiate painkiller.
Woods pleaded not guilty to DUI but said he would step away and seek help in a statement released on social media Tuesday.
“I know and understand the seriousness of the situation I find myself in today,” Woods wrote. “I am stepping away for a period of time to seek treatment and focus on my health.”
He added that he appreciated the public’s “understanding and support,” as he asked for “privacy for my family, loved ones and myself at this time.”






