Tiger Woods hit a number of perfect shots during his historic final round of the Masters on Sunday, but none may have been more impressive than the first putt he hit on the par-4 ninth hole.
It’s hard to forget that long 60-footer that he perfectly played down a wild line that ended up being an easy tap in for par. He could have very easily three-putted that or more, which would have made a the back-nine comeback even harder.
Take a look back at that long-winding putt that he was somehow able to find the perfect line and speed:
On Monday, Tiger’s caddie, Joe LaCava, told Chris Russo on Mad Dog Sports Radio on SiriusXM, that a small bet between Tiger and Justin Thomas at the end of a practice round on Wednesday was similar to Sunday’s putt:
“We played a practice round on Wednesday – JT and Tiger once in a while when they’re leaving the green (the ninth), that was their last hole because they played nine holes. They both dropped a ball at that exact spot and had a closest to (the hole contest) for $50 down to a tee where the pin was on Sunday and they both hit it about 3 1/2 to 4 feet. So believe it or not, I don’t know if that helped, but I think he had that putt four days earlier.”
I gotta believe that Tiger learned something from that practice putt because has a pretty good memory and an eye for things like that.
It seems like you have to have some things fall your way to win a major, and that $50 wager was certainly just that.
