# Tiger Woods arrested for DUI **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 29, 2017, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-arrested-for-dui/787657 "2017-05-29T17:37:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-arrested-for-dui/787657/1 "2017-05-29T17:37:46Z")
Tiger Woods arrested for [DUI](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tiger-woods-arrested-dui-florida-n765816) this morning. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-arrested-for-dui/787657/2 "2017-05-29T17:52:19Z")
In other news, the sun rose in the east this morning. ---
**Author:** ![Weisshund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba8739/32.png) [@Weisshund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weisshund)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-arrested-for-dui/787657/3 "2017-05-29T17:53:42Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > In other news, the sun rose in the east this morning. And come night fall the sun descended to the west and into Mordor, and all the world fell into… …Shadow ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-arrested-for-dui/787657/4 "2017-05-29T18:17:12Z")
There goes the child visitation rights! At least for awhile. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-arrested-for-dui/787657/5 "2017-05-29T18:34:19Z")
Sad how he’s fallen. Twenty tears ago, he was perceived as Mr. Clean. My golf-playing uncle in California was a big admirer. Not sure how he feels about him now. (He’s 96 and may not pay as much attention to golf and the news as he used to.) ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-arrested-for-dui/787657/6 "2017-05-29T18:39:21Z")
I’m starting to wonder if Tiger’s career ends with a lengthy prison sentence for some heinous crime. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-arrested-for-dui/787657/7 "2017-05-29T18:41:41Z")
Yeah, then he’d need someone to pardon him. But, having seen some of his vicious pull-hooks, I think this is not the first time he was driving under the influence. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-arrested-for-dui/787657/8 "2017-05-29T18:46:52Z")
OK, seriously - aside from this DUI and cheating on his wife a lot, what heinous activities has Tiger been up to? You guys make it sound like he’s been getting into OJ-level shenanigans. I’m not a golf fan so clearly I’m out of the loop. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-arrested-for-dui/787657/9 "2017-05-29T18:48:33Z")
He should have hit the green. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-arrested-for-dui/787657/10 "2017-05-29T18:48:56Z")
There is video of him with a shank from not too long ago. I actually think he’s just going to silently fade away. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-arrested-for-dui/787657/11 "2017-05-29T19:56:55Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > OK, seriously - aside from this DUI and cheating on his wife a lot, what heinous activities has Tiger been up to? You guys make it sound like he’s been getting into OJ-level shenanigans. I’m not a golf fan so clearly I’m out of the loop. He stopped winning tournaments. Now the people who used to treat him like a god feel obliged to balance things out by treating him like a war criminal. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-arrested-for-dui/787657/12 "2017-05-29T19:59:28Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > He stopped winning tournaments. Now the people who used to treat him like a god feel obliged to balance things out by treating him like a war criminal. This. “Here lies a fallen god His fall was not a small one We did but build his pedestal A narrow and a tall one” ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-arrested-for-dui/787657/13 "2017-05-29T20:09:53Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > He stopped winning tournaments. Now the people who used to treat him like a god feel obliged to balance things out by treating him like a war criminal. I’m sad that his amazing skills and career were just thrown away, as well as what it’s done to his family. I’m sure there are some that take pleasure in his situation, but I don’t see that here. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-arrested-for-dui/787657/14 "2017-05-29T21:19:52Z")
> [@MacCat](#): > > Tiger Woods arrested for [DUI](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tiger-woods-arrested-dui-florida-n765816) this morning. Should have used a driver. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-arrested-for-dui/787657/15 "2017-05-29T21:33:58Z")
He’s still _filthy_ rich. He’ll be just fine. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-arrested-for-dui/787657/16 "2017-05-29T21:38:17Z")
Old joke, would have been funny 25 years ago: Why do you never want to play golf with Heidi Fleiss, O. J. Simpson, and Ted Kennedy? One’s a hooker, one’s a slicer, and the other one keeps driving into the water. ---
**Author:** ![rsat3acr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@rsat3acr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsat3acr)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-arrested-for-dui/787657/17 "2017-05-29T22:01:09Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Old joke, would have been funny 25 years ago: > > Why do you never want to play golf with Heidi Fleiss, O. J. Simpson, and Ted Kennedy? > > One’s a hooker, one’s a slicer, and the other one keeps driving into the water. still funny ---
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-arrested-for-dui/787657/18 "2017-05-29T22:31:28Z")
> [@MacCat](#): > > I’m sad that his amazing skills and career were just thrown away, as well as what it’s done to his family. I’m sure there are some that take pleasure in his situation, but I don’t see that here. I don’t think it’s entirely fair to say he threw his skills and career away. He’s had a long list of injuries as well as the whole marriage break-up debacle. It must be tough coming to terms with no longer being the greatest in the world as well. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-arrested-for-dui/787657/19 "2017-05-29T22:36:37Z")
Florida treats DUIs like speeding tickets, just a way to raise revenue. He will pay a stiff fine and this will be forgotten. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-arrested-for-dui/787657/20 "2017-05-29T23:21:38Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > He stopped winning tournaments. Now the people who used to treat him like a god feel obliged to balance things out by treating him like a war criminal. > [@dalej42](#): > > Florida treats DUIs like speeding tickets, just a way to raise revenue. He will pay a stiff fine and this will be forgotten. Assuming this is his first DUI, I don’t see that as being unique to FL. But I still bet it will affect his visitation rights, assuming Elin presses this in family court. I don’t know if she wants to make sure the kids get to spend time with Daddy or she’s still (justifiably) upset at the whole mess he made of their marriage. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-arrested-for-dui/787657.md?page=2)