Tiger Woods’ inner circle says the golf legend’s latest DUI isn’t a huge surprise.
A former Tiger Woods employee, who spoke with The Daily Mail, blasted Woods as a “terrible driver” as he offered speculation about the cause behind Woods’ rollover car crash and DUI arrest late last week.
“The guy is a terrible driver…he drives like a bat out of hell very often on a road where lawn services are parked with heavy equipment,” the anonymous former employee told the Daily Mail.
“I’ve been with him in the car going 55 or 60 mph, driving past cops who don’t seem to care,” the source added of Woods, who has a history of serious car accidents.
Woods was arrested and charged with a DUI, property damage and refusal to submit to a lawful test after he managed to flip his Land Rover on its side in a two-car crash on Friday.
After he was taken into custody, he was subjected to various sobriety tests.
Martin County Sheriff John Budensiek said in a statement that though Woods “blew multiple zeroes” on the breathalyzer, he refused to submit to a urinalysis test.
In his Friday press conference, Budensiek revealed that there had been drug recognition experts on the scene of the crash, where they came to the conclusion “that [Woods] was not impaired with alcohol, but they believe it was some type of medication or drug.”
However, according to the anonymous Woods insider, that is not likely due to the golfer taking “illegal drugs.”
“I know the guy, that’s just not what he does,” the source revealed.
The insider told the outlet that he thinks Woods declined to give a urine sample because he “has been on tons of pain medication for years” to treat his repeated injuries.
Woods has previously admitted to taking various drugs before operating his vehicle.
Following his 2017 car accident, Woods admitted to cops that he had taken a Xanax before getting behind the wheel of his Mercedes and falling asleep on a Florida road.
A toxicology report later revealed he had Vicodin, Dilaudid, Xanax, Ambien and THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) in his system at the time of the crash.
Authorities said Woods was driving through a residential area in Jupiter, Fla., around 2 p.m. ET when he attempted to pass a utility pressure cleaner truck and ended up hitting the “back end” of the truck’s trailer.
The impact caused his vehicle to veer nearly off the road and flip over onto its side.
Woods was unharmed in the accident and able to climb out of the vehicle. Photos taken at the scene appeared to show him attempting to make a phone call.
Skid marks on the street showed where Woods lost control of his car before it fell over.
Woods was taken to the Martin County Jail shortly after the crash and released after he was held for eight hours, as mandated by Florida law.