Retired golfer Brandel Chamblee urged Tiger Woods to retire after his DUI. 

Woods was arrested in Jupiter, Florida, for driving under the influence. His car rolled over after a crash. Although his Breathalyzer test came back negative, police reported he showed signs of impairment. Woods was detained after refusing a urine test. He is also charged with refusing to submit to a lawful test. 

Wood’s mugshot showed him with bloodshot eyes. If he were driving under the influence, it wouldn’t be the first time. He was arrested in 2009 and 2017 for accidents caused by being under the influence. 

Woods has had a long, documented history of abusing pain medication. This is exactly why Chamblee believes that his continued playing career is putting Woods in danger.

“Those surgeries and injuries come along with prescribed pain medication,” Chamblee said. “And unless you’ve had your head in the sand for the last 20 to 30 years, you can connect the dots to the pain medication and the addiction to the pain medication.”

Woods told reporters that he was going to seek professional help for his addiction after his 2017 accident. However, a non-DUI accident in 2021 forced him back on the painkillers. The injuries nearly killed him, and it took him 15 months to fully recover. 

Although there were no reports of Woods dealing with addiction in recent years, relapses are always possible.

Woods’ last match was in the 2024 Open Championship at Royal Troon. He missed the cut for the event. His last PGA Tour victory was in the ZOZO Championship in 2019. This gave him 82 career victories, tying him for the all-time record. 

The chase for the all-time record could be a major reason Woods is trying to get back on the golf course. Along with that, his son, Charlie, has recently started his college career after committing to Florida State. 

The lawyer for Patrick Reed sent Brandel Chamblee a cease and desist letter that demanded he stop calling Reed a “cheater” following his performance at a tournament in the Bahamas last month.

Reed’s lawyer, Peter Ginsberg, told Golfweek’s website his intention “is to obtain assurance that you will refrain from any further dissemination, publication or republication of false and defamatory statements concerning Mr. Reed, including any allegations that he ‘cheated’ at the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas.”

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In the third round of the tournament, Reed received a two-stroke penalty for altering his line of play after he took two practice strokes in a waste area, according to ESPN. Chamblee claimed on air, “To defend what Patrick Reed did is defending cheating. It’s defending breaking the rules.”

Ginsberg claims Reed did not intend to cheat.

“Indeed, as you should know, and presumably do know but chose to ignore, if the PGA Tour believed that Mr. Reed had intentionally violated any rule, he would have been disqualified from the tournament rather than assessed a two-stroke penalty. Everyone involved agrees that Mr. Reed acted unintentionally, and the tape of the incident fully supports that conclusion,” Ginsberg told Golfweek.

Chamblee told ESPN, “The letter accuses flippant and reckless comments. My comments were weighed heavily before they came out of my mouth, and they were meant to address the larger issue of what I believe to be the decaying traditions of the game. This game has always had at its core the belief that self-governing gives the game its appeal. Inasmuch as we play the game for camaraderie. The self-governing tradition is slowly being replaced by a catch-me-if-you-can attitude.

“I think the whole golf world was watching how the Reed incident was treated. Including the young men and women who will soon be on their respective tours. If the catch-me-if-you-can attitude pervades junior golf, 10 years later it pervades professional golf and that concerns me. And was the origin of my remarks.”

Chamblee told Golfweek he received the letter during the President’s Cup. Reed had played in the tournament winning a singles match en route to a United States’ victory.

Ginsberg previously represented Vijay Singh, Hank Haney and former Raven’s running back Ray Rice.