Tiger Woods’ true chances of being pardoned by Donald Trump after viral hoax debunked

US President Donald Trump presents US golfer Tiger Woods with the Presidential Medal of Freedom© Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images

Tiger Woods’ true chances of being pardoned by United States President Donald Trump have been made clear after the legendary golfer’s DUI arrest in March.

Woods was involved in a rollover car crash near his home in Jupiter Island, Florida on March 27 and taken into police custody. The 15-time major champion was subsequently charged with driving under the influence and refusing to take a urine test, both of which are misdemeanors.

After the crash, which left Woods’ SUV flipped on its side, the 50-year-old walked away uninjured before authorities responded at the scene and arrested him. Bodycam footage of the arrest revealed Woods told an officer he had been on phone with Trump, with whom he is close friends, shortly after the crash.

Woods has since pleaded not guilty to the charges and now faces a possible prison sentence and fines.

In the aftermath of the incident, a Truth Social post that appeared to be authored by Trump went viral on social media platform X.

In the post, the president wrote that he would call on Florida governor Ron DeSantis to pardon Woods for his crimes, although the screenshot was quickly proven to be fake despite receiving more than 1.3 million views shortly after being posted.

Now, prediction market platform Polymarket is offering its users the opportunity to trade on whether or not Trump will actually pardon the legendary golfer, who is currently dating Vanessa Trump, the ex-wife of Donald Trump Jr.

US President Donald Trump and professional golfer Tiger Woods walking together© Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP via Getty Images

On the Polymarket offering titled ‘WIll Trump pardon Tiger Woods by June 30?’ there is currently a three percent chance of the outcome of ‘yes.’ Nearly $90,000 has been traded on the market since it was posted on April 3.

Given there is a 97 percent chance that Woods will not be pardoned by Trump, traders on the platform consider the likelihood of such an outcome as extremely unlikely.

Under the market rules, Polymarket writes, ”the primary resolution source for whether a person is pardoned or not will be official information from the US government, however a consensus of credible reporting will also be used.”

In short, the market will only be resolved as ‘yes’ if official sources confirm that Woods was, in fact, pardoned, rather than rumors circulating around social media.

Woods’ crash occurred less than two weeks before the start of the Masters, a tournament he is synonymous with as a five-time champion. This year’s edition marked the first time since 1994 that neither Woods nor Phil Mickelson were in the field at Augusta National.

Rory McIlroy ultimately won the Green Jacket on Sunday evening to become the first golfer since Woods in 2002 to win the prestigious major in consecutive years.