SHOCKING footage shows Tiger Woods at his lowest ebb in 2017… slumping into a chair and struggling to blow into a breathalyser after he was arrested on suspicion of drink driving.
The golf star was filmed looked rather dazed as he stumbled around the police station after being found asleep at the wheel in Jupiter, Florida.
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He could also be heard slurring his words as he gave his personal information to an officer before taking a blood alcohol test.
During the breathalyser test, a female officer had to instruct Woods to “blow out, don’t suck in, blow out”.
The handcuffed sports star was also seen leaning against a wall to support himself and joking with officers to take off his “silver bracelets”.
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Jupiter Police Department
Police dashcam footage also shows the golf ace struggling to walk in a straight line as he was given a roadside sobriety test at around 2am.
Moments earlier he was found asleep at the wheel of his bashed-up £170,000, with part of it in the road and part of it in a bicycle lane.
The former world number one golfer told police that he had not been drinking, and two breath tests at the jail registered a 0.0 blood-alcohol level.
He later told officers in a statement that he was taking a number of prescription drugs and had reacted badly to them.
Woods was woken by officers while the engine of his damaged car was still running.
“You know the reason I’m out with you right now? It’s because you’re stopped in the middle of the road”, a cop tells him.
Jupiter Police Department
Jupiter Police Department
Jupiter Police Department
In the dashcam footage captured by Palm Beach County Police, Woods is seen with his eyes nearly shut as he struggles with his shoelaces.
He puts his hands to his mouth before swaying out of shot.
He also fails to follow an officer’s torch with his eyes, walk in a straight line or speak clearly.
Photos from the scene show his black performance car riddled with large dents and scrapes — and two flat tires.
Newly released police documents also reveal his passenger side rear brake light was not working.
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His car was spotted sitting idle in the middle of Military Trail about one mile from police headquarters with its lights flashing.
“Confused” Woods failed four sobriety tests and “did not know where he was”, an official affidavit said.
It added: “Woods had changed his story of where he was going and where he was coming from” — with him claiming he was returning from a golf trip in California.
He was also seen “swaying and using his arms to balance” and was “extremely slow” when moving and speaking.
Jupiter Police Department
Jupiter Police Department
Jupiter Police Department
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Prison records said Woods was officially booked in to Palm Beach County jail at 7.18am.
He was released after nearly eight hours in custody at 10.50am local time.
A mugshot showed dozy Woods staring blankly at the camera.
He was charged with Driving Under the Influence (DUI) — his second driving rap in eight years.
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Dad-of-two Woods later apologised but insisted he was not drinking and he took a bad reaction to prescription drugs.
Cops recorded that he was taking “Soloxex [sic], Vicodin, Torix and Viox”.
Woods said in a statement: “I understand the severity of what I did and I take full responsibility for my actions.
“Alcohol was not involved. What happened was an unexpected reaction to prescribed medications.
“I didn’t realise the mix of medications had affected me so strongly.
“I would like to apologise with all my heart to my family, friends and the fans.
“I expect more from myself too.”
His latest fall from grace came just days after the 14-time major champion said he had not felt “this good in years” as he recovered from a fourth back operation.
Woods said last Thursday: “It’s been just over a month since I underwent fusion surgery on my back and it is hard to express how much better I feel.
“It was instant nerve relief. I haven’t felt this good in years.”
He added that his return to top flight golf was “just a matter of not screwing it up”.
On his website, Woods wrote: “I want to play professional golf again but I’m not looking ahead.
“I can’t twist for another two and a half to three months.
“Right now, my sole focus is rehab and doing what the doctors tell me. I am concentrating on short-term goals.”
Woods has struggled to return to top form since taking a year off in 2009 when he admitted cheating on his then wife Elin Nordegren with several women.
In a public apology, the dad-of-two said he needed professional help and planned to undergo therapy.
Two days after the first allegations emerged, Woods crashed his plush Cadillac car outside his home after being chased with a golf club by his scorned wife.
He was handed a ticket for careless driving.
In an apology issued at the time, he said: “I thought I could get away with whatever I wanted to”.
The couple divorced in August 2010 and Woods lost several sponsorship deals over the scandal.
He has missed all the major tournaments for the past two years because of his ongoing back injury
After dropping as low as 876th in the world rankings, Woods has not won a tournament since 2013.
An attempted comeback saw him pulling out of the Dubai Desert Classic in February after one round because of back pain.
His manager Mark Steinberg dismissed fears at the time that Woods’ career could be over.
He said: “He’s not done.” But he could not say when the star would be fit again.
Rise and fall of the golf king who fans adored
1978: Shows off golf skills on TV at age two.
1984: Wins Junior World Golf Championship. He goes on to triumph four more times.
1997: Youngest winner of US Masters at Augusta with record score.
1999: Wins his first PGA Championship.
JUNE 2000: Wins first US Open by a record 15 shots.
JULY 2000: Wins his first Open Championship at St Andrews.
AUGUST 2000: Second PGA Championship.
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2001: Second Masters at Augusta, followed by third in 2002.
JUNE 2008: Last major win, in California. It was his third US Open Championship.
NOVEMBER 2009: Crashes car into hydrant.
DECEMBER 2009: Flurry of revelations by women he had flings with. Woods apologises for infidelity and announces “indefinite break” from golf.
2010: Returns to sport but dogged by injury.
2013: Wins five tournaments and is named the PGA Tour Player of the Year for 11th time.
2014: Back injury wrecks his comeback.
2015: Continues to struggle. Finishes 17th in Masters.
MAY 2017: DUI arrest in Florida.
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