Footage of Tiger Woods’ arrest in Florida last week, after a hair-raising smash with a slow-moving cleaning truck and trailer, depicts the champion golfer looking more like a confused elderly man than one of history’s wealthiest athletes. Woods, say those who know him best, has been reliant on pain medication for years, after a series of sporting injuries and car crashes left him in agony. ‘He’s drugged up to the eyeballs before he can leave the house because of the pain he’s in,’ one friend told the Daily Mail this week. One on Jupiter Island told the Daily Mail: ‘Most people around here know Tiger drives fast along these narrow roads where the speed limit is 30mph. A member of Vanessa’s circle in Palm Beach said: ‘I would say Vanessa spends roughly 60 per cent of her time at Tiger’s place.

Source: Daily Mail April 04, 2026 22:29 UTC