Bodycam Footage Reveals Tiger Woods Called Donald Trump From the Scene of His Florida Rollover Crash Before His DUI Arrest Michael Prieve Fri, April 3, 2026 at 2:41 PM UTC 0 Summary Bodycam footage shows Tiger Woods telling a deputy he had just called President Trump from the crash scene seconds before his DUI arrest on March 27. Woods was found with two hydrocodone pills in his pocket and showed signs of impairment, despite blowing zeros on a breathalyzer.
Bodycam Footage Reveals Tiger Woods Called Donald Trump From the Scene of His Florida Rollover Crash Before His DUI Arrest
Michael Prieve Fri, April 3, 2026 at 2:41 PM UTC
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Bodycam footage shows Tiger Woods telling a deputy he had just called President Trump from the crash scene seconds before his DUI arrest on March 27.
Woods was found with two hydrocodone pills in his pocket and showed signs of impairment, despite blowing zeros on a breathalyzer.
Woods, who is dating Trump's former daughter-in-law Vanessa Trump, has since pleaded not guilty and announced he is stepping away to seek treatment.
When your car flips in Florida, most people call 911 or their insurance company. Tiger Woods apparently had a different contact in mind.
Bodycam footage obtained by TMZ and released Thursday (April 2, 2026) shows that in the window between rolling his Land Rover SUV on Jupiter Island on March 27 and getting arrested for DUI, the golf legend stepped away from officers to make a phone call. When a deputy asked him to return, Woods wrapped up the conversation with a breezy "Thank you so much. All right. You got it. Bye. Thank you," and walked back calmly.
Then came the name-drop.
"I was just talking to the president," Woods told the deputy after hanging up the phone. Whether the name-drop was a habit or a Hail Mary, it didn't help — deputies arrested him shortly after.
Tiger Woods in attendance for Capital One"s The Match: Tiger Woods VS Phil Mickelson, Shadow Creek Golf Course, Las Vegas, NV November 23, 2018. Photo By: JA/Everett Collection — Photo by everett225/depositphotos.com
It's worth noting the context here, because there is a lot of it. Woods is currently dating Vanessa Trump, the ex-wife of Donald Trump Jr., and Trump awarded Woods the Congressional Medal of Freedom in 2019. So yes, these two are genuinely close — this wasn't Woods cold-calling the White House, hoping to get through to the receptionist.
As for the crash itself, it was chaotic. Woods told authorities he was looking at his phone and changing the radio station when his speeding Land Rover clipped the back of a truck and rolled onto its side on a residential road on Jupiter Island. In classic understatement befitting a man who has survived worse, he told an officer: "I looked down at my phone and all of a sudden… BOOM!"
No one else was injured. Woods, however, was not doing great.
Tiger Woods at The Players Championship, PGA Tour, on practice day May 08, 2012 at The TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, USA. — Photo by ventanamedia/depositphotos.com
According to a Martin County Sheriff's arrest affidavit, the golfer had "bloodshot and glassy eyes," "extremely dilated pupils," and was "sweating profusely." Deputies also found something a little extra during their search: two white pills in his pocket. "That's a Norco," Woods said after an officer pulled them out, referring to a painkiller that contains acetaminophen and the opioid hydrocodone.
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Woods blew "triple zeroes" on a breathalyzer — meaning zero alcohol — but refused a urine test, leading to misdemeanor charges of driving under the influence with property damage and refusal to submit to a lawful test.
Martin County Deputy Sheriff Tatiana Levenar wasn't convinced by the zeros. "I do believe your normal faculties are impaired, and you're under an unknown substance, so at this time you're under arrest for DUI," she told Woods after conducting a field sobriety test.
At the sheriff's office, Woods maintained his innocence with what might be the most relatable DUI defense of 2026: "I'm not drunk. I'm on a prescription medication."
Trump, for his part, was characteristically verbose when asked about his old friend. "I feel so bad. He's got some difficulty — there was an accident, and that's all I know," Trump told reporters. "A very close friend of mine, he's an amazing person, an amazing man. But some difficulty. I don't want to talk about it."
He then talked about it some more. "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 said Tuesday (March 31, 2026). "He doesn't have an alcohol problem, but he does have pain."
This is not, as the kids say, Woods' first rodeo. He was arrested in May 2017 for DUI in Florida after cops found him asleep in a car that had been damaged, with traces of Vicodin, Dilaudid, Xanax, Ambien, and THC in his system. He resolved that case with a diversion program and avoided a conviction.
Tiger Woods winner at the US Open in 2002. Photo by ProShooter/depositphotos.com
Woods, 50, has pleaded not guilty. He was expected to compete at The Masters this week, but will not be attending. Instead, he posted a statement saying he was stepping away indefinitely "to seek treatment and focus on my health," adding, "This is necessary in order for me to prioritize my well-being and work toward lasting recovery."
Trump, ever the optimist, told reporters after news of the treatment decision broke that it was "a good thing" that he was seeking treatment.
The White House did not respond to requests for comment on the phone call. Presumably, the president had other things on his plate — but apparently not at the moment his phone rang on Jupiter Island.
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