Tiger Woods has been banned from driving for five years and fined after the golf legend changed his plea over a crash in Florida on March 27
Woods, 50, reached an agreement to plea no contest to a reduced charge of reckless driving and refusal to submit to a lawful test, ESPN reported.
The outlet said Woods arrived at court with his girlfriend, Vanessa Trump – the ex-wife of US President Donald Trump – and attorney, Doug Duncan. He was fined $1,000 (£742).
Tiger Woods crash: What happened in DUI incident?
Police bodycam footage showed the 15-time major winner asking if he was being arrested and being handcuffed by police after hitting a truck and crashing his car in Florida.
Sporting icon Woods was charged with driving under the influence, property damage and refusal to submit to a lawful test last month and submitted a written plea of not guilty through his lawyers days later.
“I do believe your normal faculties are impaired, and you’re under an unknown substance,” Martin County Sheriff’s deputy Tatiana Levenar told Woods at the scene.
Tiger Woods bodycam footage: What happened in arrest?
Woods co-operated with police, kneeling to tell them that he had “looked down at my phone” and “all of a sudden, boom.”
When officers found pills in his pocket, Woods – who has had multiple surgeries on his back – told them they were painkillers.
The pills were hydrocodone, which is a prescription opioid used to treat pain. He denied drinking alcohol on the day of the crash but admitted he had taken “a few” medications and said he had nothing else on his person before being driven away.
A witness told an officer that Woods had “kept coming” as he approached in his vehicle before the crash.
“I was getting ready to turn in,” they said. “He was coming fast. I don’t think he was looking, that’s the thing.”
Tiger Woods crash: How golf icon crashed
Woods was able to leave his Land Rover by crawling out of the passenger side. Martin County Sheriff John Budensiek confirmed that neither Woods nor the driver of the other vehicle involved suffered injuries.
The 50-year-old had been attempting to overtake a pressure cleaning truck on a two-lane road near his home but clipped the trailer.
Officers reported that Woods appeared impaired. He passed a breathalyser test but declined to provide a urine sample.
After the crash, an officer wrote in the arrest affidavit that Woods was sweating heavily, had “extremely dilated” pupils and was moving in a “lethargic and slow” way.
Tiger Woods net worth
Since winning his first golf major in 1997, Woods has consistently been named among the athletes with the largest net worths in sporting history.
Financial experts Forbes currently put his net worth at $1.5 billion (around £1.29bn).
