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By now, you know that Tiger will be playing in the Waste Management Phoenix Open. There’s been a lot written on why this is a big deal, and I tend to agree with all of it. One thing that’s being overlooked, however, is that this is the site of the most underrated moment in the history of golf, and probably all sports. I’m talking about a hole-in-one followed by a ferocious, one-handed roof-raise. Let’s break this whole thing down.
The Uppercut
Was that a windup uppercut? I believe it was. You just don’t see this stuff anymore. Golf has gone soft. We need more windup uppercuts.
The Perfectly Executed High-Five
Notice Tiger crushes the high-five with his caddy. There’s some familiarity there, and this high-five is perfectly executed. Nice Move.
High-Five Failure With Some Dude
Here we go. This is where shit gets real. Watch Tiger bring all of that excitement over to his playing partner. Dude goes high and Tiger goes low. Classic high-five mix-up. Can you even come back from that?
The Recovery
Yep, you can come back from that. They both realized they made a monumental error. That’s okay. They save it. Dude goes up high again and Tiger not only goes high and connects, but he swats this guy’s shit out to half court. Nice save.
The One-Handed Roof-Raise
This place is going absolutely apeshit. They know that they’re in the presence of a future golf god. Naturally, Tiger turns to them and gives them what they want: a one-handed roof-raise. When’s the last time someone even attempted this? I think the answer is never. You’ll never see a more aggressive roof-raise. Hell yeah. This alone makes it the most underrated moment in sports history. .
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The one handed roof-raise is absolutely outlandish. It’s so 1997, can’t wait for the Wasted Management this year.
Man, those were the days.
’97. Great year.
I was still in elementary school. Naps, juice boxes, and cooties were my only concerns back then. Now I just hate everything.
Those were the glory years for ASU as you can see from that crowd. Open kegs on lawns with no police interference, Rose Bowl appearances, Issac Mustafah and Pat Tillman were students.
Still gives me chills. The young prodigy entered the stadium hole, and two hop dunks it in front on thousands of sauced up ASU students who go nuts. Incredible moment. Right up there with the chip-in at #16.
Comparing that to the chip-in on 16 is absurd. That’s like comparing a Michael Jordan buzzer beater in the regular season to his game winner in game 6 of the ’98 Finals. Stakes matter.
It’s still a hole in one on the most dramatic hole in golf. Yes, the shot wasn’t necessarily clutch as far as the tournament was concerned, but as far as that specific shot in that exact moment in time, it was pretty incredible.
Best Tiger moments:
1) 2005 Maters #16 Chip-in
2) 2008 US Open putt on 18 to force playoff, then winning 18 hole playoff on one leg
3) 2000 British Open runaway
Can’t change my mind on any of those.
I forgot the 2000 US Open, which is right there with the British Open runaway. That Tiger Slam run was even more impressive than I remembered.
The bogey-free final round of the ’00 US Open to clinch a 15 shot win. The field was complaining about the course difficulty. Tiger finished -12, 2nd place +3.. Wow.
Even if Tiger wins more majors, you’ll never see him hit another gear and pull away from the field like he did from ’00-’02. And Rory’s been the only golfer capable of it since.
Not scrolling to see if anyone else posted this, but he also executed a failed, awkward high five on 16 at the Masters. Some research should be done to see how regular an occurrence this was for TW.
The momentum generated from this level of excitement is what catipulted him to a Masters victory later in April