Tiger Woods will be in for a “dogfight” following his bust for allegedly crashing his car under the influence of drugs, according to one expert.

The golf great crashed his SUV in one of the strictest counties in the Sunshine State — and prosecutors will be eager to make an example out of the billionaire with a history of bad behavior.

“He’s in for a legal dogfight, in my opinion,” Matthew Olszewski, an Orlando attorney who specializes in DUI cases, told The Post.

“They’re going to be trying to prove a message and what bigger message to prove than, ‘Even if you’re Tiger Woods, you do this in our county and we’re going to slam you.’”

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Tiger Woods crashed his car on Jupiter Island Friday.AP
“Tiger is going to have to put up the best defense that you know he can buy and try to combat that.”

Police said Woods, who has a rocky past with prescription pills and car wrecks, was not drunk at the time of Friday’s crash, but said he appeared to be under the influence of “some type of medication or drug.”

The athlete looked glassy-eyed in a mugshot, taken shortly after the Friday incident in which he rolled his SUV as he tried to overtake a utility truck and ended up clipping the other vehicle.

Prosecutors will likely use Woods’ history against him, Olszewski theorized, though the offense is technically his first DUI.

The athlete was famously arrested in 2017 after being found unconscious behind the wheel of his running car while high on a cocktail of prescription painkillers, but he took a plea deal for reckless driving and served a year of probation.

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Prosecutors will want to make an example out of the athlete, said attorney Matthew Olszewski.AFP via Getty Images
The 82-time PGA winner was also seriously injured in a high-speed 2021 car crash in California that left him with multiple leg fractures and required immediate major surgery, though no drug use was suspected in that incident.

“But, especially considering the county that he’s in, given his prior DUI arrest and then his other driving issues that he’s had in the past, I would suspect that the prosecutor and especially the judge will certainly take that into account going forward on how they handled the case,” said Olszewski, who was named Florida’s best DUI defense attorney in 2018.

The prosecution will have its own uphill battle, considering Woods did not consent to a urine test — meaning officers cannot prove the athlete was under the influence at the time of the incident.

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Woods was involved in a serious 2021 car crash.AP
While a judge could order Woods to submit a urine test as a condition of his release, it might not prove when or how much drugs he had taken before getting behind the wheel.

Additionally, if a test comes back positive for prescription medication, Woods would be in the clear.

Plus, it’s plausible the “lethargic” behavior that led police to believe Woods was under the influence may have been caused by the crash itself, said Olszewski.

Prosecutors will likely point to Woods’ refusal to provide a urine sample as an admission of guilt — something cops have already started claiming.

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Woods has been charged with driving under the influence, property damage, and refusal to submit to a lawful test.Martin County Sheriff’s Office
Martin County Sheriff John Budensiek said Friday that Woods refused to comply with the urine test simply because he was not “trying to incriminate himself.”

“Everyone understands that after you’re arrested, you have the right to remain silent. And Tiger was simply exercising that right. He has every single right under the Constitution to not provide any evidence to the state after he’s been arrested,” said Olszewski.

At this time, Olszewski theorizes that Woods has the “upper hand” in the case given his urine test refusal and that authorities could struggle to prove he was high, but expects a fierce fight from both sides.

“It should be a battle that’s going to go on for at least the next couple of months,” said Olszewski.