TIGER'S Winning Shots & WHAT YOU CAN LEARN FROM THEM
1997 INTO RED NUMBERS
THE SHOT: Tiger Woods’ first Masters as a professional in 1997 was much anticipated … but it didn’t start well. The young phenom was four over through the opening nine holes but all that was forgotten by the time he reached the 10th tee.
From there, he birdied the 10th, 12th (with a chip-in) and two-putted for another at the par-5 13th hole to get back to one over.
He attacked the 500-yard par-5 15th with vigour and his drive bounded over the hill, leaving him 151 yards to the flag, which was tucked into the left edge of the huge green. The downhill lie posed no problems for Woods, who flushed a pitching wedge into eight feet and he rolled the putt in for eagle. He moved into red figures for the first time in the tournament and that’s where he stayed en route to reaching 18 under and winning his first Masters by
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