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[^2]\n\nUnder the plea agreement, Tiger Woods's driver's license was suspended for five years and the more serious charge of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs was dropped. [^3]\n\nJudge Darren Steele formally accepted the plea agreement and sentenced Woods immediately to a five-year suspension of his driver's license. [^4]\n\nThe 50-year-old golfer reversed his earlier not guilty plea and pleaded no contest to reckless driving and refusing a lawful sobriety test. [^5]\n\nTiger Woods appeared in a Florida courtroom on Wednesday to resolve criminal charges stemming from a March 2026 rollover accident. [^6]\n\nTiger Woods received a five-year suspension of his driving license on September 2, 2026, following a court agreement that allowed him to avoid jail time. [^7]\n\nWoods was arrested in March after his vehicle overturned in a collision with a pickup truck in Florida. [^8]\n\nJudge Darren Steele warned Woods during a livestreamed hearing at the Martin County Courthouse in Stuart, Florida, that driving during the suspension would result in immediate jail time. [^9]\n\nThe more serious DUI charge Woods initially faced was dropped under the plea agreement, while he agreed to plead no contest to the lesser driving charges. [^10]\n\nTiger Woods was involved in a road accident on March 27 near his home on Jupiter Island, Florida, where his SUV clipped a truck pulling a trailer and overturned while he was attempting to pass on a residential road. [^11]\n\nJudge Darren Steele told Tiger Woods during the court hearing that if Woods were to drive for any reason, he would immediately return to jail. 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