Tiger Woods has made his first public appearance since being banned from driving.
The 50-year-old golf legend was photographed watching his former university, the Stanford Cardinal, host the Miami Hurricanes.
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Sporting a Stanford cap, he was seen engaging in conversation with sideline staff as he cheered on Stanford.
Despite a turbulent summer overshadowed by his recent driving ban, Woods appeared to have set aside his off-course difficulties for the afternoon.
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Woods could not prove to be a good luck charm, as Stanford suffered a comprehensive 45-6 defeat to Miami.
Last week, the 50-year-old accepted a five-year suspension of his driving licence after changing his plea over a rollover crash in Florida.
The 15-time major champion also agreed to pay a $1,000 fine, equivalent to approximately £742, under a deal reached with prosecutors in Martin County.
Woods had originally entered a not-guilty plea to misdemeanour counts of driving under the influence and refusing to submit to testing following his arrest in March.
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The precise nature of his revised plea was not specified in the information released about the agreement.
Woods was taken into custody after his vehicle collided with a truck and overturned.
Nobody suffered any injuries in the crash, although the American golfer was forced to escape from his vehicle by crawling out through the passenger-side door.
Footage recorded by police body cameras was made public in April and showed officers questioning Woods at the scene.
The former world No 1 appeared composed as he knelt on the ground and described the moments immediately preceding the collision.
“I looked down at my phone, and all of a sudden, boom,” Woods told the officers.
He said that he had not consumed any alcohol that day and subsequently passed a breathalyser test.
However, Martin County Sheriff John Budensiek confirmed that Woods declined to provide a urine sample for further drug screening.
During the police questioning, Woods was asked whether he had taken any prescription medication.
“I take a few,” he replied, before telling officers that he had consumed them earlier that morning.
Woods then identified the medication he had taken, but that section of the body-camera recording was redacted before the footage was released publicly.
Officers told the golfer at the scene that they suspected his “normal faculties” had been affected by an “unknown substance”.
Authorities later said that two white pills were recovered from his pocket and identified as hydrocodone, an opioid medication commonly used for pain relief.
The incident in March was Woods’ second arrest on suspicion of driving under the influence.
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