Tiger Woods banned from driving for five years after impaired-driving plea deal
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Tiger Woods, 50, received a five-year driving ban after pleading no contest to impaired driving charges in Florida, with two suspensions running concurrently for reckless and careless driving, plus fines and a 30-day appeal window.
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Tiger Woods faced impaired driving charges after a 2017 incident in Florida, initially pleading not guilty before changing his plea to no contest.
Tiger Woods has been banned from driving for five years after reaching a plea deal on Wednesday related to his impaired-driving case.
The 15-time major champion, who initially pleaded not guilty, was present for the change-of-plea hearing when Judge Darren Steele said two five-year driving licence suspensions will run at the same time: one on a reckless driving charge and one on a careless driving citation.
The 50-year-old Woods, who was also handed fines, has 30 days to appeal against the ruling.
Woods also pleaded no contest to refusing to submit to testing and was fined court costs, according to court documents.
A no-contest plea is not an admission of guilt, but means the accused will offer no defence. The plea is treated as a conviction in the criminal justice system.
“There are no exceptions. If you were to drive for any reason at all, you would go immediately back to jail,” Steele told the court.
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Tiger Woods will not appeal the driving ban
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- Will Tiger Woods appeal the driving ban within the 30-day window?
- How will this ruling affect his future participation in golf tournaments?
