Tiger Woods was asleep at the wheel of his black Mercedes when a Florida police officer approached the vehicle in the early hours of Monday morning, eventually leading to the golfer's arrest on a DUI charge.
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According to a probable cause affidavit released Tuesday, Woods' vehicle was stopped in the roadway and the golfer "had to be woken up" by the officer who came on the scene.
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The affidavit says Woods was in the driver's seat and wearing his seatbelt. The vehicle was running and the brake lights and right blinker were on.
The responding officer observed that Woods "had extremely slow and slurred speech" and told police he was just returning from a golfing trip in Los Angeles. Woods also said he did not know where he was.
Police said Woods "changed his story of where he was going and where he was coming from" and asked how far away from his house he was. The report notes that Woods was driving southbound, the opposite direction he should have been going if he was trying to return to his Jupiter Island home, which is about five miles from the site of the arrest.
The report noted that Woods, who underwent back surgery last month, was taking "several prescriptions." In a statement released Monday evening, Woods blamed the incident on that medication, insisting he had not been drinking.
The affidavit went on to note Woods' difficulty in performing multiple field sobriety tests, but he blew a .000 in a pair of breathalyzer tests administered around 4:30 a.m., according to court documents.
Woods' arraignment is scheduled for July 5.
