{"id":45313,"date":"2026-04-02T15:18:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T19:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/02\/sir-nick-faldo-demands-tiger-woods-be-held-accountable-after-drink-driving-arrest\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T15:18:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T19:18:18","slug":"sir-nick-faldo-demands-tiger-woods-be-held-accountable-after-drink-driving-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/02\/sir-nick-faldo-demands-tiger-woods-be-held-accountable-after-drink-driving-arrest\/","title":{"rendered":"Sir Nick Faldo demands Tiger Woods be held accountable after drink-driving arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Sir Nick Faldo has called for &#8220;responsibility and accountability&#8221; for Tiger Woods, who was arrested for drink driving last week.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Woods was charged with drunk driving after a rollover car crash last week, and the 50-year-old was arrested and later spent eight hours in jail before being released on bail.<\/p>\n<p>advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The 15-time major champion turned down an offer to be America&#8217;s next Ryder Cup captain at Adare Manor in 2027, but after pleading not guilty to charges following a car crash, he admitted he would take some time off from the sport to prioritize his health and well-being.<\/p>\n<p>But ahead of next week&#8217;s Masters, Faldo, a six-time major champion and three-time green jacket champion, says authorities need to do more to hold Woods accountable and is concerned about repercussions for his actions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I feel sorry for Tiger. He lives in pain all the time,&#8221; Fuld said in a media call. <em>independent, <\/em>From my home in Montana. \u201cI asked him that many years ago, even before the accident in Los Angeles (2021) happened, and it was all self-inflicted.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are two sides to this now. There&#8217;s the side of trying to take care of Tiger, and then there&#8217;s the responsibility and accountability side.<\/p>\n<p>advertisement<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is what he did is serious and troubling. The PGA Tour&#8217;s statement was predictably very weak. And you know how they&#8217;ve shown that, the Tour will look after him as they always have.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You have to take some responsibility. Forget about golf and everything else.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"content-figure\">\n<div class=\"content-image\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"lightbox-btn\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"lightbox-expand\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Image Lightbox\" class=\"lightbox-overlay\" aria-modal=\"true\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"fig-caption\">\n<p>Tiger Woods during last week&#8217;s TGL Finals (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press.All Rights Reserved.)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Investigators said Woods was &#8220;sweating profusely&#8221; and moving &#8220;lethargic and slow,&#8221; his eyes were &#8220;bloodshot and glassy,&#8221; while two white pills, identified as hydrocodone, a prescription opioid used to treat severe pain, were found in his pants pocket, according to a police affidavit.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As people, you know, look at your community. We&#8217;re not going to be on the streets with two pills in our pockets,&#8221; Fuld added. &#8220;I think the world is pretty divided, but the bottom line is, I really think we should do something. This is a serious problem.<\/p>\n<p>advertisement<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think we should do something a little more serious than waving him off and saying &#8216;welcome back&#8217; to a tropical island after three or four months.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"content-figure\">\n<div class=\"content-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Tiger Woods was caught on body camera during arrest after single-vehicle crash last Friday (Law &#038; Crime)\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/FFheKLbt_cZu3vLd0IPQrQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTcyMDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/the_independent_us_sports_articles_270\/bb0225d8b436d64aaba46c27ec728410\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"lightbox-btn\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"lightbox-expand\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Image Lightbox\" class=\"lightbox-overlay\" aria-modal=\"true\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"fig-caption\">\n<p>Tiger Woods was caught on body camera during arrest after single-vehicle crash last Friday (Law &#038; Crime)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;Compare it to other sports and businesses. What happens if you get a few DUIs in your own business? What happens to you? I feel like he disappears and comes back a few months later and everything continues as normal. I don&#8217;t know if that&#8217;s true or not. That&#8217;s not a good message for kids today.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Watch more live coverage of the Masters than ever before, starting Thursday 9th April, exclusively on Sky Sports and Now<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sir Nick Faldo has called for &#8220;responsibility and accountability&#8221; for Tiger Woods, who was arrested for drink driving last week. Mr Woods was charged with drunk driving after a rollover car crash last week, and the 50-year-old was arrested and later spent eight hours in jail before being released on bail. advertisement The 15-time major [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45314,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[17],"class_list":{"0":"post-45313","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-golf"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45313\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}