‘Nice to Have Shaquille O’Neal Out There’: Tiger Woods Once Made a Hilarious Remark About a Fan Who Saved His Tee Shot

Getting good breaks in golf is a dream of every professional. Moreover, earning a stroke of luck while hitting a lousy shot does not happen to many professionals, and Tiger Woods is among them. Once, the 15-time major championship winner got a lucky break during a major championship event and had a funny response to the same.

Tiger Woods’ funny answers to an unbelievable break

A moment of luck along with talent is crucial in winning golf events. It can also be the deciding factor in determining which professional will win a particular event. Moreover, Woods’ former caddie Steve William and the host of the podcast Chasing Majors Evin Priest recently spoke about a miraculous moment in Woods’ career. Not to forget, Steve caddied for Tiger from 1999 till 2011. The duo won 13 major championship events, and Williams was crucial for Woods’ success at the 1999 PGA Championship.

Furthermore, they talked about an incident at the 2006 PGA Championship at Medinah Country Club. Tiger hooked his opening tee shot way left in the second round on Friday. But one of the spectators stuck his arm out. As a result, the golf ball ended just a couple of yards left to the fairway bunker. Evin also revealed the funny comments Woods made about the spectator’s interception after Tiger finished his round, which involved the NBA legend, Shaquille O’Neal.

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Preist said, “To start off the second round Tiger hooked his opening tee shot way left to the fairway. But he arrived to find his ball only a few yards left of a fairway bunker. And what had happened is one of the Tigers fans had actually stuck his arm out and deflected the golf ball back towards the fairway. And Tiger said after the round, it’s nice to have Shaquille O’Neal out there knocking them back.”

Williams added, “Yeah. So he was very fortunate there that somebody has you know, like that. Oh, hey it is Tiger ball put out a hand to it. Apparently, he did it on purpose. He wasn’t protecting themselves from hitting the ball. But that I don’t know.” Moreover, Evin’s incredible revelation proves how important luck is in golf, as Woods went on to win the 2006 PGA Championship. At the same time, it depicts the five-time Masters winner’s incredible sense of humor.

When did Tiger win his recent Masters title?

Woods won his fifth green jacket in 2019 at Augusta National. The 46-year-old won the 2019 Masters with an overall score of 13-under-par. As a result, he won the event with a narrow one-shot lead. His win at the major championship in 2019 was his first major victory in almost 11 years. Moreover, Woods carded a final round of two-under-par, 70 to finish on the top of the leaderboard on Sunday.

His final round of 70 included three birdies and two bogeys on the opening nine holes. The 82-time PGA Tour winner moved out in one-under-par, 35. Tiger made three birdies and two bogeys on the back nine to win his 15th major championship event. As a result, he is just three wins away from equalling Jack Nicklaus’ record for most major wins. At the same time, his victory took him a step closer to equalling Nicklaus’ record for most wins at the Masters.

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