Fan's shocked by Tiger Woods' 1st public appearance in months since rollover crash earlier this year

Tiger Woods.

Golf legend Tiger Woods shocked fans with his first public appearance in months, a video on social media, after he was involved in a rollover crash and subsequently arrested on DUI charges in Florida back in late March.

Woods survived the crash unscathed and was seen on police body camera footage placing a call to President Trump moments after the crash near his home in Jupiter, Florida. At the time, Trump said Woods is "a great champion" and predicted that "he'll be fine."

The five-time Masters winner has kept a low profile ever since. Woods, 50, checked into rehab at a facility in Switzerland in April and returned to the U.S. the following month. But on Tuesday a video of Woods posted on social media drew the attention of concerned fans. The video was a message of congratulations to his lifelong friend and fellow pro golfer Notah Begay, who was presented with the Payne Stewart Award on Tuesday evening. 

“To see what you’ve done off the golf course — I know you’ve won four times on the tour, playing in the President’s Cup … but to see what you’ve done off the course and for your local Native American communities, you’ve helped over 80,000 youths and their families, which is absolutely incredible. What an amazing job at the sports complex in San Felipe," Woods said. "Thank you for getting our friendship started and I love you, dude.”

Commenters on social media expressed concern over Woods' appearance in the video. 

“Tiger looks a shell of his former self sadly,” said one commenter on X. “What’s going on with the big cat? Looks different for sure,” another commenter observed, a theme that was repeated by many others. But some thought Woods looked healthier. “He looks normal. Off the steroids and painkillers hopefully,” one fan remarked. "My guy sounds healthy!," another fan declared.

Woods' first court date in the case is scheduled for early next month. Below, watch video of the speech that got everyone's attention online.