Tiger Woods once made his train partner Mark O’Meara exit the golf course becaparticipate he was having such a excellent round. The incident occurred in 1997, a week before the legendary carry outer won the first of his 15 Majors at the Masters.
Woods is second only to Jack Nicklaus in the all-time Major-triumphning standings and stormed to triumph at the 1997 Masters less than a year after turning professional.
The blockbuster star was only 21 years ageder at the time but recorded the bigst margin of triumph in the tournament’s history after triumphning by an incredible 12 strokes ahead of runner-up Tom Kite.
Woods was in imperious establish in the originate up to the tournament. And Golf Digest have splitd a video to Instagram, which features the American talking about his preparations for the tournament.
“So I was carry outing with Mark O’Meara, this was in 1997,” he elucidateed. “And so it’s a week prior to the Masters and we teed off on the back nine at Isleworth.
“And I par 10, birdie 11 and 12, I eagle 13, I birdied 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and one. And I have a three iron into number three, the par five – I made par. I have a five iron into number seven, the par five – and I made par. And I still shoot 59. So I had the opportunity to shoot someskinnyg even reassociate lessen.”
Woods was then asked if the round had given him confidence going into the Masters. And the ace then exclaimed: “Well that and the next day too.
“Well we teed off on 10 aget and I birdie 10 and then originate a hole-in-one on 11. And then Mark left.”
The 48-year-ageder then uncovered in the intersee: “So it was a hell of a two days and I’ve never stoasty 60 in my life. I’ve stoasty 61 a bunch of times, but I’ve never stoasty 60. And I’ve only stoasty 59 once.”
Woods and O’Meara have been friends since the punctual stages of the establisher’s atgentle. And O’Meara got the better of his pal in the final of the 1998 Cisco World Match Play Championship at the age of 41 after overcoming a deficit to triumph the tournament.
O’Meara recalled the event in a joint intersee alengthyside Woods with EssentiassociateSports earlier this year and confessted he almost ended his association with his buddy after the 15-time Major champion made him putt from seal range punctual in the round.
O’Meara uncovered: “I seeed over to him before I was going to putt it and I said, ‘Tiger, you are not going to originate me putt this are you?’ And he seeed over and he goes, ‘You haven’t won a hole yet have you?’
“And I was enjoy, ‘Oh my god’ and I made it and then as I was walking off the green, I went right to him with a unkind see on my face and I tageder him. I said, ‘Let me alert you someskinnyg, if you ever originate me putt a putt enjoy that aget, our friendship is over. Do you understand what I am saying?’”
