Tiger Woods’ efficiency at Augusta in 1997 stays essentially the most seismic victory within the trendy period.
Coming into Masters week, the 21-year-old was ranked the thirteenth greatest participant on the earth.
On the finish of it he would declare what remains to be the event’s largest margin of victory – an astonishing 12-shot success regardless of taking part in his first 9 holes in 4 over par.
Watch @TigerWoods look again at his historic 1997 win at #themasters. pic.twitter.com/VJDPcK1Kyz
— The Masters (@TheMasters) April 2, 2017
On that opening day, Woods famously got here again in six-under 30 to shoot 70 earlier than he added efforts of 66-65 and a closing 69 to go away the sector trailing in his wake.
An estimated 44 million viewers watched it unfold.
Bizarrely, Woods must wait till June to assert the No. 1 spot on the earth rankings.
Tiger recorded two eagles, 21 birdies, 42 pars and 7 bogeys over the 4 rounds. He performed the par 5s in 13-under and, within the years to return, his dismantling of Augusta Nationwide would result in a ‘Tiger-proofing’ of the course.
Woods now has 5 Inexperienced Jackets.
So, what was within the bag when Tiger shook the world?
Driver: King Cobra Deep Face 9˚It’s typically thought that Woods had the Titleist 975D driver within the bag for his iconic win however he really had this Cobra mannequin. Woods was phenomenal off the tee by way of distance, averaging one thing like 25 yards additional than the subsequent longest. He would swap to the Titleist the next 12 months.
3-wood: Titleist PT 15 15˚Woods solely had one fairway wooden within the bag and it’s arduous to recollect him utilizing this very a lot given his size off the tee and shortish irons into the par 5s. One membership you’ll by no means see in Woods’ bag is a hybrid, a membership he has spoken about with some disdain.
Irons: Mizuno MP-29 (2-4), MP-14 (5-PW)Blended iron units are commonplace nowadays however much less so again within the 90s. Right here there have been delicate offset variations because the irons went up in quantity, so much less within the MP-29 which he relied on for the lengthy irons after which related within the MP-14 which he used from the 5 to pitching wedge. For sure, given they’re Mizunos, each appeared spectacular.
For Woods, the MP-29 offered much less offset within the lengthy irons than the MP-14 and vice versa within the mid and brief irons. To get the proper quantity of offset, Woods break up the set in half, utilizing MP-29 within the 2- by 4-iron and MP-14 within the 5-iron by pitching wedge
Wedges: Cleveland 588 RTG (56˚ and 60˚)Cleveland excel at making wedges and these had been no exception and a massively well-liked alternative again within the 90s. Apparently there appears an enormous hole between his pitching and 56˚ wedges and there was no hole wedge within the bag again then.
Putter: Scotty Cameron Newport TeI3Again it’s typically thought that Woods had the world-famous Newport 2 GSS for this win nevertheless it was really a distinct Scotty Cameron. The now 15-time Main champion was utilizing a Newport TeI3 which had a delicate Terrylium insert that was held in place by 5 screws positioned within the again cavity. To cover the screws Woods had 32 vibration-dampening dots put in to provide him the sound and really feel that he was after. He used the Newport 2 for the 2001 Masters win and it’s nonetheless within the bag now.
Ball: Titleist Skilled 90We needed to wait till October 2000 for the discharge of the Professional V1 so Woods had this wound ball which, you’d think about, he modified each few holes. Nice for delicate really feel and excessive spin it excelled across the greens. Woods switched to a Nike ball when he signed with them 5 years later.
Word: Tiger had True Mood Dynamic Gold X100 shafts in all woods and irons.
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