Tiger Woods arrested on DUI charge in Florida

Tiger Woods was charged with DUI on Monday after being arrested in Jupiter, Florida.

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Woods was arrested around 3 a.m. ET, police spokeswoman Kristin Rightler told CNN. He was booked at 7:18 a.m. ET and released on his own recognizance at 10:50 a.m.

Woods has a home on Jupiter Island.

Woods had fusion surgery on his back in April -- his fourth surgery on his back dating back to the spring of 2014. Last week he said that he has no plans to retire.

"I want to say unequivocally, I want to play professional golf again," Woods wrote on his website, in his first public comments since the April 19 surgery.

But Woods cautioned he has a long recovery to endure.

"Presently, I'm not looking ahead," Woods wrote. "I can't twist for another two and a half to three months. Right now, my sole focus is rehab and doing what the doctors tell me. I am concentrating on short-term goals."

Woods, 41, saw his season end in early February in Dubai, where he withdrew after a first-round 77. The week before, he had missed the cut at the Farmers Insurance Open. He had previously sat out all of 2016 until the Hero World Challenge in December.