Tiger Woods was found asleep at the wheel of his black Mercedes, stopped in the road with his right turn signal flashing, before he was arrested on a DUI charge, the Jupiter, Fla., police report says.
The report from Woods' Memorial Day arrest says the golfer told the officer he was coming from golfing in Los Angeles and he did not know where he was. "Woods had changed his story of where he was going and where he was coming from," the officer noted in the report. "Woods asked how far from his house he was. It should be noted that Woods was heading south bound away from Hobe Sound (where he lives)."
The officer listed Woods' speech as "extremely slow and slurred, mumbled, confused." He also noted that the golfer was "cooperative as much as possible. Very dopey, extremely sleepy. Hard to keep eyes open. Hard to walk."
The report says Woods stated he takes several prescription drugs, including "soloxex, vicodin, torix, viox."
The officer was unable to conduct a horizontal gaze nystagmus _ where a suspect's eyes are checked for signs of impairment. For his road-side DUI test, the officer noted that Woods had trouble walking.
"Could not maintain starting position. Missed heel to toe each time," he wrote. "Stepped off line several times. Used arms for balance." The officer also noted that Woods could not stand on one leg, raising the other six inches off the ground.
When asked if he understood instructions to recite the alphabet backwards, Woods responded, "Yes, recite the entire national anthem backwards." The officer did note that after several times of explaining the instructions, "he completed the task correctly."
The report noted that Woods agreed to a breath test, and the report said he blew "ooo's" _ which backs up Woods' statement from Monday night that he wasn't drunk.
"I want the public to know that alcohol was not involved. What happened was an unexpected reaction to prescribed medications. I didn't realize the mix of medications had affected me so strongly," Wood said in his statement. "I understand the severity of what I did and I take full responsibility for my actions."
