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Steven Bowditch arrested for extreme DUI early Friday morning
Golfer Steven Bowditch was arrested Friday morning in Scottsdale, Arizona, on suspicion of “extreme DUI,” according to The Arizona Republic.
The 33-year-old was in the area as a participant in the Waste Management Phoenix Open and was taken into custody at 1:10 a.m. by the Scottsdale police with blood-alcohol content exceeding 0.2 percent.
Photo: Scottsdale Police Department
A civilian driver called the police after seeing a white truck “swerving all over the road,” the Arizona Republic reported. The truck, which Bowditch was found to be operating, didn’t move through two green light signals. Police needed to wake Bowditch, who was behind the wheel.
He was booked into Scottsdale City Jail, Golfweek reports, and was bonded out later that day.
Life is about choices. Last night I made a very poor one. I’m very sorry to those I have disappointed. I must and will, do better.
— bowdo (@bowdo83) February 4, 2017
Bowditch took to Twitter to apologize, and also issued a statement on Friday following the arrest:
“I would like to apologize to my family, friends and supporters, as well as the PGA Tour and Waste Management Phoenix Open for the incident reported today. As I intend to fully cooperate with the authorities.”
Despite being arrested Friday morning, Bowditch made his 12:25 p.m. second-round tee time at TPC Scottsdale. He shot 74 on Friday following a Thursday 74, and has missed the cut.
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1: Aaron Rai, $3,690,000
T2 : Jon Rahm, $1,804,000
T2 : Alex Smalley, $1,804,000
T4: Justin Thomas, $843,866
T4: Ludvig Aberg, $843,866
T4: Matti Schmid, $843,866
T7: Cameron Smith, $637,050
T7: Rory McIlroy, $637,050
T7: Xander Schauffele, $637,050
T10: Kurt Kitayama, $496,707
T10: Chris Gotterup, $496,707
T10: Justin Rose, $496,707
T10: Patrick Reed, $496,707
T14: Matt Fitzpatrick, $364,762
T14: Scottie Scheffler, $364,762
T14: Max Greyserman, $364,762
T14: Ben Griffin, $364,762
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T18: Jordan Spieth, $229,128
T18: Stephan Jaeger, $229,128
T18: Padraigh Harrington, $229,128
T18: David Puig, $229,128
T18: Harris English, $229,128
T18: Min Woo Lee, $229,128
T18: Joaquin Niemann, $229,128
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T26: Alex Noren, $125,523
T26: Cameron Young, $125,523
T26: Andrew Novak, $125,523
T-26: Daniel Hiller, $125,523
T26: Tom Hoge, $125,523
T26: Sam Burns, $125,523
T26: Hideki Matsuyama, $125,523
T26: Bud Cauley, $125,523
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T35: Patrick Cantlay, $78,805
T35: Ryo Hisatsune, $78,805
T35: Daniel Berger, $78,805
T35: Ryan Fox, $78,805
T35: Haotong Li, $78,805
T35: Aldrich Potgieter, $78,805
T35: Si Woo Kim, $78,805
T35: Martin Kaymer, $78,805
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T44: Matt Wallace, $53,743
T44: Shane Lowry, $53,743
T44: Jhonattan Vegas, $53,743
T44: Denny McCarthy, $53,743
T44: Chandler Blachet, $53,743
T44: Taylor Pendrith, $53,743
T44: Dustin Johnson, $53,743
T44: Nicolai Hojgaard, $53,743
T44: Michael Kim, $53,743
T44: Kristoffer Reitan, $53,743
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T55: Corey Conners, $34,186
T55: Andrew Putnam, $34,186
T55: Brooks Koepka, $34,186
T55: Mikael Lindberg, $34,186
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T60: Sahith Theegala, $29,218
T60: Rico Hoey, $29,218
T60: Rickie Fowler, $29,218
T60: Brian Harman, $29,218
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T65: Jason Day, $26,900
T65: Rasmus Hojgaard, $26,900
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jc
Mar 1, 2017 at 4:31 pm
he was also charge with extreme eyebrows!!!! go see a barber.
russell platt
Feb 8, 2017 at 6:17 pm
Her is a great guy and who doesn’t have their share of problems.I thought the legal limit was .2 for Aussies?
Barry
Feb 6, 2017 at 7:52 pm
He’s been playing terrible, can’t blame him for drinking! But don’t drive you idiot
Guia
Feb 6, 2017 at 7:02 pm
Give the guy a break. We don’t know if him being intoxicated is a regular thing, or just a one time occurrence. If it is a regular thing I hope he seeks help and over comes it. If it is not, well **it happens.
cgasucks
Feb 7, 2017 at 8:01 am
If he wants to be drink his sorrows away, that’s fine but don’t drive drunk and potentially kill an innocent human in the process..
Dave R
Feb 6, 2017 at 12:20 pm
Good luck to you.
Jim
Feb 6, 2017 at 10:52 am
….74 after that night? Man, get it together bro…there’s talent in there….
setter02
Feb 9, 2017 at 10:17 am
Was going to say the same thing, that’s an impressive feat after a less than impressive evening.
Jim
Feb 6, 2017 at 10:48 am
He’s taking this head on. Good for him. Don’t know the man; wouldn’t if he bit me, but it really is a “Thank you, God” moment as a possible tragedy was averted….
on a medical note….while .2 is a pretty solid number, passing out @ .2 is far from AA Fueler status. He can fix this with a little support and self honesty….I wish him well
next M/C? Don’t go hang out in the Wasted Management gallery….
ChunkieChip
Feb 5, 2017 at 3:18 pm
What a haunting photo! If her were alive, would love to see Vincent van Gogh paint this guys mug. Oh my bad, Vince was a highly influential painter that grabbed the 20th century art scene by the ears…….errrr ear.
S Hitter
Feb 5, 2017 at 3:32 am
Wow. Absolutely hilarious.
GolfBum
Feb 5, 2017 at 12:54 am
You can`t change the past, but you can change the future. Hope to see better things in the future. Some notables made mistakes and came back stronger.
Best of luck mate.
Stylin'
Feb 4, 2017 at 11:45 pm
Man, he’s got a sweet head of lettuce. Baldies are jealous the world over!
Bob
Feb 5, 2017 at 8:43 pm
You must be balding. Cause guys don’t pay attention to that kind of stuff. Spieth is that you?
Double Mocha Man
Feb 6, 2017 at 5:14 pm
He has more hair on his eyebrows than most men have on the top of their heads.
Dr Troy
Feb 4, 2017 at 10:09 pm
Sad to see him do something this stupid. He’s a really cool guy but I know for a fact he loves the sauce. Being around the Cartersville CC tour pros from time to time, you see up close and personal how much some of them can pound the booze. Several others that I wont mention on here also…To echo one of the other comments, AZ does NOT fool around and it wouldnt surprise me that he gets 30 days. I hope not, but his BAC was so damn high.
Chuck
Feb 4, 2017 at 10:02 pm
How many people looked at this story and their first reaction was, “Hey, he’s still using the 2016 M2. I wonder what loft? And is that a Project X HZRDUS? Which one?”
Jason
Feb 5, 2017 at 12:47 am
Funny you mentioned that, it’s exactly what I thought! However, while I don’t condone DUI, at least he owned it. It would have been easy for him to go silent. He stepped up and admitted to his mistake. Makes me root for him even more.
Bert
Feb 4, 2017 at 7:51 pm
Mistakes are made and booze makes them worse. Nothing good comes from booze; been there and done it.
cgasucks
Feb 4, 2017 at 6:13 pm
Ok so Botwditch is friggin depressed and hit rock bottom and is drinking himself away. That’s fine, but that doesn’t give him the right to drive intoxicated and hurt or kill and innocent human being.
Rich
Feb 5, 2017 at 12:48 am
Thankfully that didn’t happen. Good people do stupid things sometimes. But I guess you’re perfect, right?
cgasucks
Feb 6, 2017 at 8:21 am
Of course! Don’t be stupid.
Mark Walgren
Feb 4, 2017 at 3:17 pm
Awesome! party like a rockstar! At least nobody was hurt. Just gotta be careful next time and not show just how intoxicated you are!
cgasucks
Feb 4, 2017 at 6:14 pm
I bet MADD would love to have a few words with you…
BooBunkie
Feb 4, 2017 at 2:54 pm
Unfortunate?! I’ll say! It’s unfortunate this idiot didn’t kill anybody!! Clown! Ok, here goes. If this had happened to Eldrick…..OMG!! Breaking News!!! Eldrick hammered, Eldrick hammered, Eldrick hammered!!!! 2-3-4 times the legal limit of adult beverages consumed during the week of a tourney! Missed cuts, broken family, busted back, ankle, achilles, immoral behavior, da da da da da da da., and on and on and on ALL DAY AND NIGHT.
Meh, Bowdy plays second round, missed the cut, meh no biggie. I love selective reporting of news stories. Ok, y’alls turn…..BRING IT ON!!!
Steve
Feb 5, 2017 at 10:51 pm
Do you know what unfortunate means? Why would you want him to kill somebody?
gwillis7
Feb 4, 2017 at 2:46 pm
unfortunate this happened, c’mon Bowditch!
B Moore
Feb 4, 2017 at 12:51 pm
Human like all of us…. good to see him taking this face on. Your in our prayers Steve, better days ahead!