The 2008 US Open at Torrey Pines stays in all probability Tiger Woods’ most exceptional Main triumph.
Two days after ending second within the Masters at Augusta Nationwide he had arthroscopic knee surgical procedure to scrub out cartilage.
He didn’t play once more for almost two months when he teed it up on the 2008 US Open the place, regardless of hobbling on one leg, he by some means gained over 91 holes, taking victory in an prolonged 18-hole play-off in opposition to Rocco Mediate.
One week later he underwent reconstructive surgical procedure on the broken ACL and missed the rest of the 2008 season.
There was additionally the small matter of a double stress fracture in his left tibia whereas making ready for Torrey Pines.
Woods signed with Nike when he turned professional in 1996 and 13 of the 14 golf equipment had been by the producer.
He started utilizing a Nike ball in 2001 and he would start utilizing the golf equipment the next season, a run that might proceed till the sporting big ceased to make golf equipment in 2016.
There aren’t any prizes for guessing the 14th membership – the Scotty Cameron Newport 2 putter which he used for 14 of his 15 Main successes.
Tiger Woods traces up a putt at Torrey Pines in 2008
Woods relied on a Nike SasQuatch Tour mannequin driver that was a gaudy black and yellow creation and which had notably loud acoustics.
This was famously within the bag on the 2006 Open the place he solely hit it as soon as round Royal Liverpool. It could function solely 7.5˚ of loft and it had the vastly fashionable Mitsubishi Diamana 83X shaft, one thing that he had in all three of his woods.
He opted for 2 fairway Nike SasQuatch2 woods, a 3 and a 5-wood, the previous of which was cranked past perception.
“It’s a robust 3-wood. It’s in all probability nearer to 11˚ so it’s type of just like the previous brassie. So although it’s not a driver, it’s a very robust 3-wood,” he defined.
Irons smart he had the Nike Cast blades from 3-PW, one thing that solely went within the bag that season and they might get replaced by the VR blades in 2009, after which simply two wedges, such was how baggage had been put collectively in 2008.
As for the ball, the one which he by some means willed into the cup on the 72nd gap to power a playoff, that was a Nike One Platinum.
In 2005 Woods used a Nike One Gold ball to famously gap out on the sixteenth en path to his Masters victory as a result of the Nike One Platinum didn’t hit the USGA conforming checklist till virtually a month after Augusta.
Tiger’s successful golf equipment in 2008
Driver: Nike SasQuatch Tour 460 (7.5˚)Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana White 83 TX
3-wood: Nike SasQuatch2 (15˚)Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana Blue 103 TX
5-wood: Nike SasQuatch2 (19˚)Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana Blue 103 TX
Irons: Nike Cast Blade (3-PW)Shafts: True Mood Dynamic Gold Tour Subject X100
Wedges: Nike Professional Combo (56˚), Nike SV (60˚)Shafts: True Mood Dynamic Gold Tour Subject S400
Putter: Scotty Cameron Newport 2 GSS
Ball: Nike One Platinum
Grips: Golf Satisfaction Tour Velvet Wire
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