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The fight over Tiger Woods’ prescription drug records picks up after DUI arrest

Tiger Woods’ legal team has objected to a subpoena request by Florida state prosecutors to release the pro golfer’s medication records after his DUI arrest in Jupiter Island on March 27, according to USA Today.

Prosecutors in the case, for which Woods pleaded not guilty to DUI, filed a notice in court on April 7, saying they planned to subpoena Woods’ medication records since Jan. 1.

“The defense objects to the issuance of a subpoena and requests the court to conduct a hearing to determine if the prescription records are ‘relevant to the criminal investigation,’” said Woods’ attorney, Douglas Duncan — adding that they want a protective order governing the use and release of the medication records to shield them from public view, the report continues.

Tiger Woods’ mugshot after his DUI arrest in Florida on Friday, March 27, 2026.
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State prosecutors didn’t share their reasoning behind the subpoena filing for Woods’ prescription records.

Woods, who refused to take a urine test after his rollover crash, blew zeros on his breathalyzer test and told an arresting officer that he had taken his prescription meds earlier in the day.

In this image taken from police body camera video released by the Martin County, Fla., Sheriff’s Office, sheriff’s deputies holds two pills from a search of Tiger Woods’ pants following a car crash in Jupiter Island, Fla., Friday, March 27, 2026. AP

The names of the medication were redacted in an arrest affidavit released by the Martin County Sheriff’s Department.

“We will never get definitive results as to what he was impaired on at the time of the crash,” Martin County Sheriff John Budensiek said.

Tiger Woods’ Land Rover rolled over on a two-lane road near his Jupiter Island home in a crash on Friday, March 27, 2026.
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Two hydrocodone pills were found in the golfer’s pocket during a search.

Woods was “sweating profusely,” and his movement was “lethargic and slow” while he was being interviewed by police, Deputy Tatiana Levenar wrote in the affidavit — adding that his eyes were “bloodshot and glassy” and his pupils were “extremely dilated.” 

Tiger Woods performs a field sobriety test for sheriff’s deputies following a car crash in Jupiter Island, Fla., Friday, March 27, 2026. AP

The crash involved Woods’ Land Rover and a pressure-cleaning truck pulling a small trailer, Budensiek said.

Woods explained in a statement that he was stepping away from the game to get treatment after the incident.

The 15-time major champ returned to play in the TGL Finals last month after multiple injuries had sidelined him since 2024.

He underwent lumbar disk replacement surgery in October and also had surgery for a ruptured left Achilles tendon last March.

Woods’s DUI arrest came after his February 2021 car crash that nearly took his right leg.

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