Tiger Woods told police he looked at phone before crash

Tiger Woods told investigators he had been looking down at his phone and failed to notice that the truck ahead had slowed before his vehicle rolled over in Florida last week, according to a probable cause affidavit obtained Tuesday.

The affidavit says Woods had two hydrocodone pills in his pocket, and officers described him as lethargic and slow, with bloodshot, glassy eyes, “sweating profusely” and pupils that were “extremely dilated”.

During the criminal DUI investigation, when asked whether he had taken any prescription medication, the report said the 50-year-old golfer answered: “I take a few,” adding that he had taken them earlier that morning.

Woods’ manager did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the details contained in the probable cause affidavit.

In the report, the officer said he saw Woods “limping and stumbling” and wrote that the golfer told him he has undergone seven back surgeries and more than 20 operations on his leg.

Woods, a 15-time major champion widely regarded as the greatest golfer of his generation, was arrested last Friday afternoon on a charge of driving under the influence after his Land Rover rolled over on a two-lane road near his home on Jupiter Island. He was released on bail later that night.

No one was hurt in the crash.

The officer also wrote that Woods was “extremely alert and talkative” and had “hiccups during the entire investigation”.

Woods, who said last Tuesday that he hoped to be ready to compete in the 9-12 April Masters, told the officer he has a limp and that his ankle locks up while he is walking.

The deputy who led Woods through a series of field sobriety tests wrote that, based on his training, “I believed that Woods normal faculties were impaired, and he was unable to safely operate the motor vehicle.”