Tiger Woods stood before a Martin County judge Wednesday morning and pleaded no contest to reckless driving, closing out a DUI case that began with a rollover crash near his Jupiter Island home back in March. The 50-year-old golf legend avoided jail time under the deal, but he'll spend the next five years without a driver's license.

The plea, entered in a Stuart, Florida courtroom, resolved charges stemming from a March 27 crash in which Woods' Land Rover collided with a truck and flipped onto its side on a residential road with a 30 mph speed limit. According to NBC News, Woods climbed out through the window of the overturned SUV; no one was injured. He passed a breathalyzer test with zero alcohol detected, but refused a urine test, and deputies found two hydrocodone pills in his pocket.

Prosecutors originally charged Woods with DUI and refusal to submit to testing. Both were reduced as part of Wednesday's deal, with Woods pleading no contest instead to reckless driving and the testing-refusal charge. Under the terms, first reported by CBS News, his license is suspended for five years and he faces a fine — reported at $1,000 by CBS News and $1,500 by NBC News, with outlets diverging slightly on the exact figure.

Prosecutor: Case Was Hard to Prove

State Attorney Thomas Bakkedahl told reporters the drug-impairment element made this a tougher case than a typical DUI. "This case turned out to be a particularly difficult DUI to prove," he said, noting forensic toxicologists found insufficient evidence of impairment from the hydrocodone alone. He didn't mince words about who was behind the wheel, either.

"Of all the people in the world who should not get behind the wheel of a car, it's the gentleman who is one of the most recognizable faces on the planet."

Martin County Judge Darren Steele accepted the plea but made the stakes of any repeat incident explicit in open court, warning Woods: "For the safety of the public, if you drive, you will immediately go back to jail." Had Woods fought the original charges and lost, he could have faced up to a year behind bars.

Woods left the courthouse Wednesday without speaking to the reporters waiting outside, and his attorney declined to comment on the outcome. In the days after his March arrest, Woods had issued a brief statement on social media acknowledging the gravity of his situation, writing that he understood "the seriousness of the situation" he found himself in.

The case marks the second time in Woods' career he's faced a DUI-related arrest — he was previously arrested and pleaded guilty to reckless driving in a 2017 Florida incident involving a mix of prescription medications, after which he entered a diversion program. This time, with his license gone until 2031, Woods will need arrangements to get around during a stretch of his career in which he has continued to make sporadic appearances on the PGA Tour and at events like the Hero World Challenge.