Tiger Woods walked out of a Swiss rehab clinic last week and straight back into a legal wall.
Prosecutors in Florida just filed for his hospital records – and they've already beaten his lawyers once.
Now they want everything the doctors saw the night he crashed his Range Rover in March.
The Paper Trail Prosecutors Are Building
Martin County prosecutors filed notice on June 13 that they intend to subpoena Cleveland Clinic Martin South Hospital in Stuart, Florida, for Woods' complete medical file from the night of his March 27 arrest.
The subpoena targets "any and all reports documenting statements of [Woods'] regarding alcohol or chemical substance use" – plus every drug screen result and the name of whoever administered the tests.
The subpoena issues on June 30.
Woods' legal team has until June 25 to fight it.
In April, prosecutors went after Woods' prescription records from Lewis Pharmacy – every pill he filled between January 1 and March 27, 2026.
His team objected.
The judge handed prosecutors the records anyway.
Now they're going a layer deeper.
The pharmacy records told them what Woods was prescribed.
The hospital records will tell them what was actually in his body – and what he told doctors about it.
What Prosecutors Already Know
The arrest affidavit is a roadmap of the problem.
Deputies found two hydrocodone pills – Norco – in Woods' pants pocket at the scene.
Woods told them the crash happened because he looked down at his phone and didn't notice the pressure cleaning truck ahead of him slowing down.
The deputies noticed something else.
Woods was sweating profusely, lethargic and slow, and hiccupping throughout the encounter.
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His eyes were bloodshot and glassy with "extremely dilated pupils."
He submitted to a field sobriety test – the one captured on bodycam – and appeared to fail it.
He blew triple-zeroes on the breathalyzer.
When deputies asked for a urine test at the jail, he refused.
That refusal became its own misdemeanor charge.
Woods acknowledged he takes prescription medications – "I take a few" – and told deputies he had undergone seven back surgeries and more than 20 leg operations.
He pleaded not guilty to all charges.
This Exact Script Ran in 2017
Woods has been here before.
In May 2017, Jupiter police found him passed out behind the wheel of a running car on the side of the road.
No alcohol.
Toxicology came back with five drugs in his system: Ambien, THC, and three opioids – hydrocodone, hydromorphone, and alprazolam.
His lawyers negotiated a plea to reckless driving – 12-month probation, DUI school, 50 hours of community service.
The DUI charge was dropped.
That was the first bite.
This is the second.
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Same attorney – Douglas Duncan – same state of Florida, same pattern of prescription opioids, same refusal to give prosecutors easy access to his drug history.
This time, Woods has pleaded not guilty and demanded a jury trial.
Given his lawyers' track record in this case, the smart money is on prosecutors getting the records anyway.
The Numbers Don't Move
Florida law has no blood-alcohol equivalent for drug impairment.
That's what makes the hospital records so valuable.
Prosecutors can't point to a number and tell a jury "he was over the legal limit."
They have to build the case piece by piece – officer testimony, bodycam footage, field sobriety results, pharmacy records, and now whatever the doctors documented the night of March 27.
If the hospital records show Woods told a doctor he'd taken opioids that morning, or if the drug screen shows levels consistent with impairment, that closes a critical gap in the prosecution's evidence.
This is why his lawyers fought the pharmacy subpoena.
And it's why they'll fight this one too.
In 2017, Woods had five drugs in his system and walked away with reckless driving on his record.
His lawyers are betting they can run that play again.
Prosecutors are making sure there's nowhere left to hide.
Sources:
- Ryan Morik, "Tiger Woods' Prescription Drug Records May Be Turned Over Following DUI Arrest," Fox News, April 8, 2026.
- "Prosecutors Seek to Subpoena Tiger Woods' Medical Records in DUI Crash Case," PEOPLE via AOL, June 15, 2026.
- "State Attorney Signals Intent to Secure Tiger Woods' Medical Files After March Arrest," CBS12, June 16, 2026.
- "Tiger Woods' DUI Arrest: Police Release Video of the Golfer's Arrest," CNN, April 3, 2026.
- "Tiger Woods Had 5 Drugs in System During DUI Arrest," Fox News, August 2017.
