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JUPITER (CBSMiami/AP) – It’s been a rough couple of years for Tiger Woods but hopefully things will begin to turn around for the former golf champion.
READ MORE: Child Dead After Being Struck By a Car in HollywoodWoods says he’s checked out of the clinic where he went to get help dealing with pain medications, adding he will “continue to tackle this going forward.”
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The treatment follows the golfer’s arrest on a DUI charge after he was found asleep at the wheel in Jupiter, Florida, around 2 a.m. on May 29.
Woods told police he was taking various prescriptions. No alcohol was found in his system.
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His agent confirmed that the 14-time major champion, who had back surgery in April, was seeking in-patient treatment.
Woods said Monday on Twitter that he recently completed an out-of-state “private intensive program.”
He said he would continue his work with the help of his doctors, family and friends. He thanked people for their support.
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