Golfers love their history.
So when something historic happens in a tournament, it’s not long before the details are etched on a plaque, which is then placed in the ground, preserving the story and re-telling it for years to come.
Jack Nicklaus has a few of these commemorative plaques. So does Arnold Palmer, Ben Hogan, Bobby Jones and, of course, Tiger Woods.
Tiger’s crazy bunker shot from the 2019 WGC-Mexico Championship is now memorialized. It’s just one of the more recent additions to the collection of plaques at golf courses around the world.
Here’s a closer look at some of them. Check ’em out.
Tiger Woods pulled off a spectacular bunker shot at the 2019 WGC-Mexico Championship. From 134 yards out, Woods carved his shot around a tree and then spun it hard sideways on the green, briefly giving fans the idea that it might actually go in.
Tigers Players win
Ben Hogan bridge at Augusta National
The bridge, which takes golfers across Rae’s Creek to the 12th green at Augusta National Golf Club, was dedicated on April 2, 1958 in honor of Ben Hogan’s 1953 Masters tournament victory. The plaque predicted Hogan’s score of 274 might never be broken, but it was, 12 years later, when Jack Nicklaus posted 271 in 1965.
Old Tom Morris birthplace
Ben Hogan’s 1953 Open win
Tiger’s rock at Phoenix Open
A plaque at the TPC Scottsdale commemorates a memorable moment during the final round of the 1999 Phoenix Open:
On January 31, during the fourth round, Tiger Woods’ tee shot came to rest in close proximity to this 1-ton boulder. After being ruled a “loose impediment”, a group of spectators moved the boulder, allowing Woods to birdie the hole.
Arnold Palmer Bridge
Back-to-back aces
Four aces in one U.S. Open
Bobby Jones’ hole in one
1-iron on 18 to break record
Jack Nicklaus struck his 1-iron to 22-feet on the 18th hole in 1967, setting up a birdie which sealed a four-shot win over Arnold Palmer. But the real objective for Nicklaus going for the green was to break the U.S. Open record of Ben Hogan, which he did, by one stroke.
First-ever hole in one on a par-4 hole
Player’s plaque
Hogan’s Alley
Spot-on 7-iron
There’s a plaque in the rough on the 18th hole which commemorates the 7-iron that Shaun Micheel struck from 175 yards out. The ball was tracking towards the hole and stopped about three inches away, sealing the victory in the 2003 PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, New York. It was the only victory in Micheel’s career.
