Tiger Woods is still scheduled for an appearance at the Masters, despite being arrested on Friday. The golf icon was involved in a crash in which he flipped his vehicle on its side and was charged with driving under the influence, property damage and refusal to submit to a lawful test.

Woods went to jail following his arrest and spent eight hours locked up before being released. The 50-year-old emerged without injury and was forced to crawl out of the passenger side door after attempting to overtake a truck towing a pressure cleaner trailer ‘at a high rate of speed’.

The 15-time major winner is in line to be in attendance at Augusta for an event with Masters chairman Fred Ridley. Woods is scheduled to take part in a celebration of a project at ‘The Patch’, a municipal golf course where Woods’ design team created a short course to go alongside a major upgrade to the public course.

“I’ve been trying for a while. I’ve had a couple bad injuries here over the past years that I’ve had to fight through and it’s taken some time,” he said earlier this year.

“I keep trying. I want to play. I love the tournament. I’ve loved being there since I was 19 years old. It’s meant a lot to me and my family over the years. I’m going to be there either way with The Loop that’s going up there, as well as the Champions Dinner.”

Former European Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley is not expecting to see him competing at the Masters, however. He told Sky Sports News: “I would think so. I would say his whole life is in turmoil at this moment in time.

“I’d be surprised if we see him at the Masters. I think he’s got much bigger challenges going on than whether he plays in the Masters or not at the moment. A whole reconsideration of how he’s living his life and the challenges he has [is in order].

“He is obviously coming back from serious injury again – last year he had more back surgery – and he’s recovering from that. He played in the TGL match during the week, and it was the first time we’d seen him competitively, even though it was an indoor game.

“His speeds were right up there; it was incredible how fast he was swinging the golf club. And although he walked with a bit of a limp because of the serious car crash he had a few years ago, he looked to be heading toward playing. But I think this is really going to set him back.”