Golf legend Tiger Woods has told authorities that he was looking at his phone and did not realise the truck in front of him had ‌slowed before his rollover crash in Florida last week.

According to probable cause affidavit ‌obtained on Tuesday (local time), Woods had two hydrocodone pills in his pocket and officers observed ‌him to be lethargic, slow, “sweating profusely” with eyes that were bloodshot, glassy and pupils that were “extremely dilated”.

Deputies found two white pills, which were identified as the opioid hydrocodone used to treat pain, in his pocket, the report said.

When asked during the criminal DUI investigation if he took any prescription medication, the report said the 50-year-old golfer replied “I take a few” while adding he had done so earlier in the ‌morning.

Woods’ manager did ‌not immediately ⁠respond when asked to comment on details of the probable cause ​affidavit.

A Martin County sheriff’s deputy wrote in the report that Woods, when asked about the collision, said he was looking at his phone and changing the radio station which caused him not to see a truck slowing before the crash.

The officer said in the report he observed ⁠Woods “limping and stumbling” and added that the golfer told ‌him ​he has had seven back surgeries and over 20 operations on his leg.

Woods, a 15-time major ​champion and ‌the greatest golfer of his generation, was arrested last Friday afternoon on a charge of ​driving under the influence (DUI) after his Land Rover rolled over on a two-lane road near his Jupiter Island home having travelled at “high speeds” and clipped the truck.

He was released on bail later that night. No one was ​injured ​in the crash. According to the Sheriff’s report, the truck sustained $7,300 (US $5,000) worth of damage.

The officer also noted ​in the report that Woods was “extremely alert and ‌talkative” and had “hiccups during the entire investigation.”

Woods, who said last Tuesday he was hoping to be ready to compete in the Masters from April 9, told the officer he has a limp and that his ankle seizes while walking.

The deputy who walked Woods through a series of field sobriety ​tests said in the report that based on his training: “I believed that Woods normal ​faculties were impaired, and he ⁠was unable to safely operate the motor vehicle.”

-with AAP