In the full video, Woods, who was wearing a blue polo shirt, shorts and dark sunglasses, was filmed calmly kneeling on one knee and telling the officers: “I looked down at my phone, and all of a sudden, boom.”
After an initial search, an officer left Woods and went to speak to witnesses at the scene on Jupiter Island, with one saying: “He kept coming. I was getting ready to turn in, he was coming fast.
“I don’t think he was looking, that’s the thing.”
Nobody was injured in the crash, but Woods had to crawl out of the passenger door to free himself. He passed a breathalyser test but refused a urinalysis test for other drugs, according to Martin County Sheriff John Budensiek.
In the arrest affidavit, an officer wrote Woods was “sweating profusely”, his pupils were “extremely dilated” and his movements were “lethargic and slow”.
Woods told officers he had not drunk alcohol that day but when asked if he had taken any prescription medication, Woods replied “I take a few”, while adding he had done so earlier in the morning.
He then listed the medication, which was redacted from the footage.
He was told officers suspected his “normal faculties are impaired” by an “unknown substance”. Authorities then found two white pills in his pocket, which were identified as hydrocodone – an opioid used to treat pain.
Woods, who remained still while officers searched him and placed him in handcuffs, was asked if he had anything else on his person. He said he did not.
On Wednesday, it was announced that Woods had turned down the role of United States Ryder Cup captain when the biennial tournament takes place in Ireland in 2027.