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The 41-year-old athlete was found asleep in May
behind the wheel of his Mercedes-Benz, which was parked
alongside a road not far from his home in exclusive Jupiter
Island.
At the time, Woods told police officers he could not remember
where he was going and said he was returning from Los Angeles,
even though his car was headed away from his home, his arrest
report showed.
A toxicology report said Woods had five drugs but no alcohol in
his system when he was arrested on a charge of driving under the
influence. The drugs included generic forms of painkillers
Vicodin and Dilaudid; the mood drug Xanax; the sleeping pill
Ambien; and a drug that contained THC, the active ingredient in
marijuana.
Woods is expected to enter a guilty plea in a Palm Beach Gardens
court to the lesser charge and be placed on probation.
He will enter a diversion program offered in Palm Beach County
for first-time DUI offenders. Woods is eligible because he had
no prior criminal record, cooperated with police and was not
involved in a crash, said Richard Clausi, an assistant state
attorney.
If he completes the program, Woods can have the reckless driving
charge expunged from his record. But if he is arrested again for
DUI, he will be treated as a second-time offender, Clausi told
Reuters.
Woods' attorney did not return calls seeking comment.
In a statement after his arrest, Woods apologized to fans and
blamed the incident on prescription medication he was taking to
manage pain from a recent back surgery.
Woods, who is second on the all-time list with 14 major titles,
has not won a major championship since 2008.
The following year, he was involved in a bizarre early-morning
car crash outside his home at the time near Orlando. The
incident ballooned into a sex scandal involving allegations of
extramarital affairs, and both his marriage and some lucrative
endorsement deals ended.
(Additional reporting by Bernie Woodall in Fort Lauderdale,
Fla.; Editing by Colleen Jenkins and Dan Grebler)
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