Woods arrested for DUI in Florida

Tiger Woods is in trouble again — this time for allegedly driving under the influence in Florida.
The once-great golfer was arrested around 3 am Monday on Military Trail just south of Indian Creek Parkway in the town of Jupiter, NBC News has confirmed.
He was later released on his own recognizance, a spokesperson for Jupiter police said. It was not immediately clear whether he was allegedly under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
Woods, 41, a golfing phenomenon whose career and marriage to Swedish model Elin Nordegren were wrecked by a sex scandal, lives about nine miles from where he was arrested on a palatial multi-million dollar estate on Hobe Sound.
Once the world’s top-ranked golfer, Woods has won 14 major golf tournaments — second only to Jack Nicklaus. But he has not won a major since June 2008.
On April 20, Woods announced on his official web site that he had “undergone successful back surgery to alleviate ongoing pain” in his back and leg. It was his fourth operation.
“The surgery went well, and I’m optimistic this will relieve my back spasms and pain,” Woods said on his site. “When healed, I look forward to getting back to a normal life, playing with my kids, competing in professional golf and living without the pain I have been battling so long.”
And in his most recent post on Wednesday, Woods wrote that he was working his way back into playing shape and added, “I haven’t felt this good in years.”
“As for returning to competitive golf, the long-term prognosis is positive,” he wrote. “I want to say unequivocally, I want to play professional golf again.”
Woods’ world began unraveling in November 2009 when a supermarket tabloid reported he had an affair with a New York City nightclub manager (a claim she denied) and then he crashed his SUV into a fire hydrant outside the mansion near Orlando where he and his family were living in at the time.
Woods paid a $164 fine and the Florida Highway Patrol dropped its investigation. But the questions kept coming and soon a parade of party girls and porn stars emerged with claims of having bedded Woods.
Within weeks Woods’ good guy image was shattered and he lost millions of dollars in endorsements. Then in August 2010 he lost his wife.
In her divorce petition, Nordegren said the union was “irretrievably broken.” The couple agreed to joint custody of their daughter, Sam, and son, Charlie. (www.nbcnews.com)