Tiger Woods is facing an uncertain future off the golf course after his DUI arrest in Florida

iger Woods leaves the Martin County Sheriff's Office jail facility following his involvement in a car crash where he was arrested on a DUI charge on Friday, March 27, 2026 (AP Photo/Jim Rassol) 2026-03-28T19:36:56Z Tiger Woods got out of jail and into the passenger seat of a dark SUV, his face as vacant as his mug shot as he was driven away to a future again filled with so much uncertainty .

The next step legally is facing charges of driving while intoxicated, damage to property and refusal to submit to a urine test, which led to him spending eight hours Friday in the Martin County jail some 15 miles from his home on Jupiter Island, Florida.

His manager at Excel Sports, Mark Steinberg, did not respond to a request for comment Saturday on Woods’ arrest.

As for golf, this comes at a bad time for the sport’s most influential player.

Woods had said earlier in the week he was trying to get in shape for the Masters on April 9-12, though that was looking unlikely.

He turned 50 at the end of last year. “This body, it doesn’t recover like it did when it was 24, 25,” Woods said earlier this week.

He also was days away from a decision on whether to be the next U.S.

Ryder Cup captain for the 2027 matches in Ireland.

Two officials from the PGA of America did not immediately return phone calls from The Associated Press seeking comment.

And on April 5, he is scheduled to be in Augusta, Georgia, with Masters chairman Fred Ridley to celebrate a project at “The Patch,” the nickname of a municipal golf course where Woods’ design team created a short course to go along with a major upgrade to the public course.

Woods also is the central figure as chairman of the Future Competition Committee that is reshaping the PGA Tour model of tournaments.

Tour CEO Brian Rolapp predicted meaningful progress this summer.

The PGA Tour declined to comment on Woods’ arrest.

Now everything is on hold while Woods sorts through his second arrest in the last nine years, and his fourth car crash dating to 2009 .

Woods waited until the summer of 2024 before deciding against being Ryder Cup captain for the 2025 matches in New York.

The Associated Press reported in February the PGA of America had a soft deadline of the end of March for him to decide this time.

The PGA of America already is under scrutiny because of the unruly fan behavior at Bethpage Park last September, and this is not a time for another misstep.

One person with knowledge of the process said the PGA of America h

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