Tiger Woods takes plea deal for reckless driving in DUI case, loses driver's license for five years
Woods changed his plea to avoid jail time, though he will not escape penalty
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Summary based on reporting from ABC News, The Hill, CBS News and CBS Sports.
Coverage at a glance
- First observed by CurrentWire: CBS News · Sep 1, 2026 at 9:13 PM ET
- Coverage span: 13h 18m
- Coverage: 6 reports from 4 independent publications
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All-time coverage
8 publications have covered this story since CurrentWire first saw it: ABC News, The Hill, CBS News, BBC News, ESPN, Sportsnet, The Guardian, CBS Sports.
Coverage
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CBS SportsTier B
Tiger Woods takes plea deal for reckless driving in DUI case, loses driver's license for five years(opens original report in a new tab)ABC NewsTier B
Tiger Woods changes plea in DUI case, driver's license suspended for 5 years(opens original report in a new tab)Tiger Woods appeared in court in Florida Wednesday to change his plea in his driving under the influence case. — ABC News
The HillTier B
Tiger Woods changes plea in latest DUI case(opens original report in a new tab)Golf legend Tiger Woods on Wednesday reversed a plea in connection with his latest DUI arrest, agreeing to plead no contest to a reckless driving charge and failure to submit to a sobriety test to avoid harsher… — The Hill
ABC NewsTier B
Tiger Woods plans to change not guilty plea in DUI case in Florida(opens original report in a new tab)Court documents show that Tiger Woods plans to change his not guilty plea in a DUI case stemming from a rollover crash in Florida — ABC News
ABC NewsTier B
Tiger Woods plans to change not guilty plea in DUI case in Florida, court documents show(opens original report in a new tab)Court documents show that Tiger Woods plans to change his not guilty plea in a DUI case stemming from a rollover crash in Florida — ABC News
CBS NewsTier B
Tiger Woods to change not guilty plea in Florida DUI case, court records show(opens original report in a new tab)Court documents show that Tiger Woods plans to change his not guilty plea in a DUI case stemming from a rollover crash in Florida. — CBS News
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Signal breakdown
CurrentWire ranked this story 86.5 of 100 in the snapshot this page was rendered from.
- Freshness
- 34.6 of 35
- Source authority
- 14 of 20
- Coverage breadth
- 12.9 of 20
- Geographic relevance
- 10 of 10
- Story prominence
- 10 of 10
- Velocity
- 5 of 5
Strongest signal: geographic relevance, 10 of 10. How each signal is calculated.
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