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(VIDEO) Tiger Woods Pleads Guilty To Reckless And Careless Driving, Gets 5-Year License Suspension In DUI Case

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03.09.2026

STUART, Fla. — Tiger Woods pleaded guilty Wednesday to reduced charges of reckless and careless driving stemming from a rollover crash near his Florida home in March, agreeing to a five-year suspension of his driver's license as part of a plea deal that resolved a case initially built around a driving-under-the-influence charge.

The 50-year-old golf legend appeared before Judge Darren Steele at the Martin County Courthouse in Stuart, Florida, for a change-of-plea hearing, months after initially pleading not guilty to misdemeanor charges of DUI with property damage and refusal to submit to a lawful sobriety test.

Tiger Woods pleaded guilty to careless driving in his DUI case and faces five years without a driver’s license under the plea deal, after the judge allowed two five-year suspensions to run concurrently instead of stacking into 10 years. pic.twitter.com/dwLQqiCCBL— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) September 2, 2026

Tiger Woods pleaded guilty to careless driving in his DUI case and faces five years without a driver’s license under the plea deal, after the judge allowed two five-year suspensions to run concurrently instead of stacking into 10 years. pic.twitter.com/dwLQqiCCBL

Under the terms of the agreement reached with prosecutors, the DUI charge was amended to reckless driving, a second offense, while the refusal-to-submit charge was amended to a careless driving citation. Woods pleaded guilty to both amended charges.

Judge Steele imposed a five-year driver's license suspension on each of the two charges, but ordered the suspensions to run concurrently rather than consecutively, meaning Woods........

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