In honor of the great Tiger Woods and The Masters golf tournament, I give you a clip from CBS Sports' coverage of the 2005 Masters from Augusta National.
I remember watching this as it happened and screaming at the television in joy. In NYC, there's a coolness of the apartment dwellers watching a big sporting event. As I screamed loudly, golf fans watching in other apartments in the surrounding blocks were doing the same. With all the windows opened on a beautiful spring afternoon, the screams of joy carried throughout the cityscape. It was terrific.
The call by Verne Lundquist is one of the greatest in television sports history. Verne also had the call on Jack Nicklaus' putt on the 17th when he went eagle-birdie-birdie to set up his win at the 1986 Masters but his call of Tiger's shot makes the shot all the more fun to watch over and over again. I have watched this clip a dozen times while making this entry for the blog and smile the same smile every time I see it.
So, without further ado ... here is Tiger, the greatest golfer of all-time with his best shot:
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