Tiger Woods arrested on drink-driving charge

Golf star Tiger Woods was arrested on a drinkdriving charge in Florida early yesterday morning, police say.

Police recorded the arrest at 07.18 local time (11.18 GMT). He was released a few hours later, Palm Beach County police records show.

He was arrested in the town of Jupiter, media reports say. He has not made any comment.

The police record lists the charge as Driving Under the Influence.

It specifies an unlawful blood alcohol level and says that he was released on his “own recognizance”, meaning he promised in writing to cooperate with future legal proceedings.

The 41-year-old golfer has been recovering from back surgery and last blogged about his health on Wednesday.

He wrote that the surgery had relieved terrible pain and that he hadn’t “felt this good in years”.

He said the outlook for a return to competitive golf was “positive” but that he was not in a “hurry”.

“I want to play professional golf again but I’m not looking ahead,” he said.

“I can’t twist for another two and a half to three months. Right now, my sole focus is rehab and doing what the doctors tell me. I am concentrating on shortterm goals.”

America’s 14-time major champion came back after 15 months out injured in December, but has not played since his back problems recurred in February.

Plans to compete at Augusta in April had to be abandoned.

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