Nick Faldo is calling for accountability. The golf legend believes the sport is protecting Tiger Woods too much after his DUI arrest last week. Faldo argues it's time for the PGA Tour to stop making exceptions for its biggest star.

From his home in Montana, ahead of his Sky Sports analyst duties at Augusta, Faldo made his frustration clear.

"There are two sides to this right now," Faldo said. "There's one side that's like… let's care for Tiger. And then there has got to be a responsibility and accountability side as well. There has to be some accountability. Forget about golf. We are not meant to be on the streets with two pills in our pocket."

Woods was arrested after his Land Rover flipped near his home in Florida. He was charged with three misdemeanors, including a DUI. Woods has pleaded not guilty.

Following this, Woods, in a statement, went on to say he will be taking time off for treatment. And the Tour released a statement saying it fully supports Woods. Augusta National said something similar. Even though there were no conditions and no criticism at all, this is his second DUI case and his fourth serious car crash.

According to Faldo, Jack Nicklaus has said that this incident has damaged the whole sport, and Faldo seems to agree with that view.

Nick Faldo Questions What the PGA Tour Is Actually Getting From Woods

This is where Nick Faldo’s point becomes stronger and harder to ignore. Tiger Woods is currently the head of the player-led Future Competitions Committee.

"Our sport is based on discipline. You rule yourself, you police yourself...They pay Tiger tens of millions to be on the course and off the course," Faldo said. "He has only finished nine tournaments in the last five years, yet they feel he is the future on the golf course and the future in the decision-making. In the normal walk of life, there would be some accountability."

If you take away the name, this is a question any organization would have to face at some point. Faldo is not asking for Woods to be removed. He just wants the Tour to act like the incident really happened.

"It's not a good message to the kids of today," he said.

The Masters starts on April 9. Woods will not be playing at Augusta. The big question is whether the Tour will respond to what Faldo said.

What do you think? Has the PGA Tour been too lenient with Tiger Woods? Let us know in the comments!

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Written by

Sneha Abraham

Edited by

Siddharth Shirwadkar