The crew stopped her from joining her injured husband in the vehicle because they thought the incident was a case of domestic violence, according to police records.

The new twist has again raised the possibility of physical violence between the couple, although Woods, 34, has repeatedly denied this.

In the early morning accident last November, Woods hit a hedge, fire hydrant and tree while leaving his luxury Florida mansion.

Elin told officers that after the smash, she used a golf club to break the rear windows of her husband's black SUV and helped him out of the vehicle, police records said.

An officer at the scene saw Woods' lower lip was cut, the records added.

The crash led to revelations of repeated affairs by the world's number one golfer, who has taken time off from the sport.

Last month, in his first public appearance since his spectacular fall from grace, Woods apologised to his family and fans for cheating on his wife, and said he was having therapy.

But he denied there had been any physical violence between him and his wife.

"Elin never hit me that night or any other night," he said. "There has never been an episode of domestic violence in our marriage, ever."

The Orlando Sentinel newspaper said new Florida Highway Patrol records showed that when Elin tried to ride in the ambulance, the crew would not let her, saying this was a case of domestic violence.

An officer asked Elin "if he had been drinking and she stated no, that he had taken his medication earlier, but did not provide a time. The medication was Vicodin," the police
report said.

She went back into the house and came back with two small bottles of the pain medicine, the records went on.

Several days after the crash, the Florida Highway Patrol booked the sportsman for careless driving and he paid a small fine.

At his appearance before the world's media last month, Woods said he planned to return to golf "one day", but didn't know when. "I don't rule out that it will be this year."