President Donald Trump spoke to Tiger Woods after the golfer’s rollover crash and DUI arrest in South Florida last week, saying on Tuesday that Woods is “doing great” despite suffering “a lot of pain.”
“He tested negative for alcohol, as you know, and he is under a tremendous physical pressure from his various ailments, you know, the back and the leg,” Trump told The New York Post. “He lives a life of pain. He has a lot of pain. He’s an amazing guy. He’s an amazing athlete. He does have pain.”
Trump has previously talked about his close relationship the 15-time major champion who is dating Trump’s former daughter-in-law, Vanessa Trump. Vanessa is the ex-wife of Donald Trump Jr. and the mother of the president’s granddaughter, Kai, who committed to the University of Miami to play golf.
Woods was arrested last Friday and charged with DUI after he crashed his Range Rover into a truck that was towing a power washer trailer. According to the arrest affidavit, a sheriff’s deputy searched Woods after the crash and found two hydrocodone pills in the golfer’s pants pocket, TMZ reported on Tuesday. Hydrocodone is a semi-synthetic opioid that is typically taken for severe and long-term pain.
Authorities said a breathalyzer test showed no alcohol in his system, but a deputy described Woods as “lethargic and slow,” with “bloodshot and glassy” eyes and “extremely dilated” pupils. Woods told the deputy that he takes “a few” prescription medications but said he was distracted by his phone and radio before crashing.
“He doesn’t have an alcohol problem,” Trump told the Post. “But he does have pain.”
Woods has undergone multiple surgeries for back issues he dealt with during his decades-long career at the top of the golf world. He also suffered serious leg injuries in a car crash in Los Angeles in 2021.
In recent months, Woods has been working to return to professional golf and had initially set his sights on playing in the 2026 Masters, which begins next week.
“I’ve been trying,” Woods said last week about the work he’s been putting in to recover and prepare for the Masters. “This body just doesn’t recover like it was when it was 24, 25.”
While Woods took a breathalyzer test after the crash, he refused to take a urine test, according to the arrest affidavit. Woods was charged with DUI, property damage, and refusal to submit to a lawful test. He is scheduled to appear in a Martin County, Florida, court for an arraignment on April 23.
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