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Nick Faldo, a former PGA Tour star who won the Masters and Open Championship three times each, ripped Tiger Woods and the organization following the legendary golfer’s DUI arrest.
Woods was charged in Florida for the wreck and for refusing to submit a urine sample to police. The Martin County Sheriff’s Office released bodycam footage earlier this week showing deputies removing two pills from Woods’ pants pocket and issuing him a field sobriety test.
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Tiger Woods went through several drills before being handcuffed. (Martin County Sheriff’s Office)
But Faldo didn’t mince words when he spoke to the media about Woods on Friday.
“There’s one side that’s like, ‘let’s take care of Tiger’ … there’s also got to be a responsibility and accountability side,” he said, via Golf.com. “It’s a serious thing he’s done, you know. The PGA Tour statement was so predictably weak, how they showed the Tour will look after him like they always have, and then you’ve got Jack (Nicklaus) saying it’s tarnished the whole sport. You have your contradictions, but there has to be some accountability.”
Faldo was horrified that Woods had been in immense pain as he battled through back and Achilles injuries. However, he claimed his injuries were “self-inflicted”.
“I feel sorry for Tiger because he lives with 24-7 pain. I asked him that years ago, even before the LA accident (in 2021), but it’s all been self-inflicted,” Faldo continued. “The bottom line is that I really think something needs to be done a little more seriously than waving him off to a tropical island and saying ‘Welcome back’ in three or four months.”
Golfer Tiger Woods checks his cell phone while sitting in an unmarked police car after a car accident in Jupiter Island, Florida, on March 27, 2026. (Martin County Sheriff’s Office)
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The PGA Tour offered support to Woods after the golfer pleaded not guilty to his charges and vowed to “seek treatment” for the issues he is dealing with.
“Tiger Woods is a legend of our sport whose influence extends far beyond his achievements on the course,” the organization said. “But above all else, Tiger is a person, and our focus is on his health and well-being. Tiger continues to have our full support as he takes this important step.”
Faldo said the Tour must be upset “behind closed doors” about paying Woods millions and that he is in the negative spotlight.
Woods was able to seek the treatment he needed outside of the United States
Tiger Woods was arrested on a DUI charge after being involved in a car accident on Friday. (Associated Press)
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Faldo lamented that Woods has “avoided accountability” for some of the problems he has been involved with.
