As reported, on Wednesday (September 2), Tiger Woods agreed to plead guilty in court a few months after his SUV crashed in Jupiter, Florida.
According to the agreement, Woods agreed to be stripped of his driver's license for 5 years, and the judge handling the case warned him that he could not drive in any form, otherwise he would face the risk of imprisonment immediately.
According to ESPN: Tiger Woods was suspended from driving for 5 years after reaching an agreement to plead guilty in the DUI case (driving in violation of stimulant concentration).
At the Martin County Court in Florida, Woods accepted a sentence for a lighter crime of negligent driving and refused to conduct a test as required by law.
Judge Darren Steele told Woods that suspending the driver's license "is for the safety of the community".
There are no exceptions," Steele emphasized, "If you drive for any reason, you will immediately go back to jail.
After the plea agreement, Thomas Bakkedahl, Florida Attorney General, was asked if Woods was allowed to drive a golf cart on the golf course. "We will have to reconsider that and I will answer you later," Bakkedahl told reporters.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said, "Tiger should be allowed to drive a golf cart on the golf course," he wrote on X when citing the news of considering whether Woods is banned from driving a golf cart or not.
He also quoted a post saying "Because you don't need a license to do that (driving a golf cart)... Why are we talking about this?", and replied: "Exactly. People whose driving licenses are revoked are usually not banned from driving electric cars on the golf course.
In Florida, golf carts are considered an engine vehicle.
Woods often drives his golf cart himself, especially during training sessions. Any carelessness with a golf cart could cost the former champion imprisonment.
However, there is still a loophole. For example, in California, golf carts under 1,300 pounds (~590 kg) are not considered motorized vehicles, but "special recreational vehicles".
Therefore, for a tournament in Torrey Pines (owned by the City of San Diego), it could be an exception, but Tiger would have to play with fire if they tried.
Florida judges can completely apply the state's own laws, which stipulate that golf carts are motorized vehicles.
Above all, the judge not only said Tiger banned driving "motorized vehicles"... but declared: "If you drive for any reason"... and that could apply to other conventional vehicles.
