Because he doesn't care about court. He'll pay a fine, do some community service, big deal. He and his sponsors do want to salvage whatever is left of his public image, so much better if they can get people to believe it was a reaction to a new medication and it was just a mistake where he didn't know any better rather than going on a bender and getting behind the wheel, which he had no excuse for

Bingo. The legal ramifications from this are trivial to him. The PR is the important thing and the public is way more likely to forgive or accept it being pain pills than him just drunk.

https://youtu.be/h_HIxpKKzlI?t=11m31s

A huge setback for golf in Canada.

lol prescription, lolllllll

it was 3am and he refused breath test

In California/Arizona you can drive a boat with a valid drivers license and you can get a DUI or traffic violation if pulled over that will count as if you got a violation driving your car on the road.

Where did refused breathalyzer report come from? Police report says Tiger agreed to breathalyzer and blew .000.

The police report has come out, it says he blew a .000. Amazing.

https://twitter.com/gctigertracker

Contrary to golfnutt's assertions, the Tiger story isn't even a top story less than 24 hours after the news broke (so much for that "media circus" claim):

If anything you'd be concerned he's overtaking pain pills and if you've ever been on them you kno when your body is feeling that sleep its lights out.

lol at all the shoddy reporting. This will have zero impact on him now. Yeah, you can get a DUI for things other than just alcohol, but any good lawyer will get him off, and he'll probably just get a fine and probation.

Now he can just PR it away.

Blew a .000 confirmed in police report lollllllllllllllll Riverman

this is poor advice. it leaves out a lot of considerations. for instance, in ohio, and in many other states, a dui or ovi can never expunged. it is a misdemeanor but it can never be expunged. that means that it shows up on background searches and should be listed when applying for jobs. it means that if you get another dui in 25 years, you still get the book thrown at you.

so yes, it may seem like less of a penalty to only lose your license for 6 months rather than a year and it may be less of a punishment than a reckless driving or whatever but those can be expunged. and you will still almost certainly get work privileges.

and if you already have a dui or 2 under your belt then it always better to not blow if you have had a few drinks.

gonna have to lol at all the people who convicted him of being drunk for allegedly not blowing in the field which is 100% fine

gjge, golfnutt

I mean I'm sure Riverman agrees that if you haven't been drinking you should absolutely take a breathalyzer. Not sure where the lol Riverman comes in here.

I'd love to bet money on him not doing any court ordered alcohol classes or community service. How much would you like to wager?

I mean I'm not sure how a lawyer will get him off, dude was asleep at the wheel in the middle of the road, could not walk, admits to being on prescription drugs and that those drugs unexpectedly incapacitated him, and took a urine test. The evidence against him for a DUI seems extremely strong.

Did you miss this post?

dunno the laws in florida. in my dui class of about 30, there were at least 5 that I can remember that were there for prescription drugs. it was mandatory part of a dui conviction in ohio. well, not mandatory, you could opt to spend 3-7 days in jail.

if florida is similar, he will get an ovi and need to take the class.

mebbe he gets it thrown out but it sure seems like he was legit too incapacitated by drugs to be driving.

That seems more lololol media, it was widely reported that Tiger refused a breathalyzer.

Definitely lol media, but it was just another instance of Riverman speaking in absolutes and being 100% incorrect, which is why it's funny even if it was based off false information.

He probably did originally refuse the breathalyzer, but Riverman being so adamant about it changed the space time continuum

I assumed he didn't blow because lol media

Of course you blow if you have had zero drinks

you guys are being too harsh on Tiger, all he needs is one more back surgery and just a bit of time to fine tune his swing and he's going to be back winning majors

also ESPN is reporting "he blew a 0.00 for alcohol" but they are sort of #fakenews now so I don't know what to believe about that

he probably didn't blow in the field test and did once he was arrested...