In this image from police body camera video released by the Martin County, Fla., Sheriff’s Office, golfer Tiger Woods is taken into custody by sheriff’s deputies following a car crash in Jupiter Island, Fla., Friday, March 27, 2026.
Martin County Sheriff’s Office via AP
Golf legend Tiger Woods told a police officer that he spoke to President Donald Trump on the phone shortly after his DUI rollover crash in Florida, a bodycam video obtained by TMZ and published Thursday shows.
“Thank you so much. All right. You got it. Bye,” Woods is heard saying on the police video, as he walked over to an officer who had beckoned him back to the crash scene.
“I was just talking to the president,” Woods told the cop.
The golfer then is heard saying to a man whom TMZ identified as his manager, that “he was very apologetic for what he did last night.”
US President Donald Trump speaks alongside US golfer Tiger Woods, during a reception for Black History Month in the East Room of the White House on Feb. 20, 2025, in Washington, DC.
Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images
Trump, the evening before, during an interview on Fox News’ “The Five,” claimed that Woods would not be playing in the upcoming Masters tournament. Days before, Woods publicly left open the possibility of playing in the Masters, and he had not made any statement before the crash that he had decided not to participate.
Woods is dating Trump’s former daughter-in-law, Vanessa Trump, who was previously married to Donald Trump Jr.
Woods, 50, was charged by the Martin County Sheriff’s Office with driving under the influence after Friday’s crash, which occurred after his Land Rover SUV clipped a truck’s trailer in Jupiter, Fla.
The golfer had two opioid pills in his pants and had “bloodshot and glassy eyes,” “extremely dilated pupils,” and was “sweating profusely,” according to an arrest affidavit.
In this image from video provided by the Martin County, Fla., Sheriff’s Office, golfer Tiger Woods is strapped into a police vehicle following a car crash in Jupiter Island, Fla., Friday, March 27, 2026.
Martin County Sheriff’s Office via AP
Shortly after the crash, Trump called Woods a “very close friend.”
“I feel so badly. He’s got some difficulty. There was an accident, and that’s all I know,” Trump told reporters. “He’s an amazing person, amazing man, but some difficulty.”
Woods said on Tuesday evening that “I am stepping away for a period of time to seek treatment and focus on my health. This is necessary in order for me to prioritize my well-being and work toward lasting recovery.”
He has pleaded not guilty in the case.
Read more CNBC politics coverage
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the video.
In February 2021, Woods rolled over an SUV he was driving in Southern California, badly injuring his right leg. He has had multiple surgeries to deal with injuries from that wreck.
Woods was arrested in May 2017 for DUI in Florida after cops found him asleep in a car that had been damaged. He had traces of the prescription drugs Vicodin, Dilaudid, Xanax, Ambien, and THC, the psychoactive chemical in marijuana, in his system after that arrest.
