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Tiger Woods Was Once Challenged to a Driving Contest By a Navy SEAL and Here’s What Happened Next

Published 09/06/2022, 7:46 AM EDT

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Tiger Woods has been through many rough patches in his life outside the field. When the golfer lost his father, he found peace training with Navy SEALs at their private training facilities. There are tons of stories about Woods’ time at the training centers. Tiger Woods once accepted a challenge from a fellow SEAL for an interesting driving contest.

Navy SEAL challenged Tiger Woods in a driving contest

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Woods used to visit the SEALs every now and then training with them the way they did. The golfer loved to jump out of planes and shoot guns with the trainees. And likewise, the SEALs loved playing and learning golf from the legend himself.

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SEAL Ben Marshall once made Tiger Woods go through extensive training in clearing rooms and rescuing hostages. He was impressed with Woods’s performance and said“He went all out,”. There was a time Marshall brought his TaylorMade bag to Woods and asked him to sign it for him. Woods was as famous and successful in his field as he has ever been. But to his surprise, the golfer denied signing a competing brand.

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But Marshall was adamant to get his signature, and thus challenged him for a driving contest. According to the rules, the one who drove the ball farther would win, and if Woods lost, he would have to sign the bag. Woods grinned and agreed to the challenge. Marshall went first and hit a great drive of around 260 or 270 yards. No one expected such a distance from the SEAL. But Woods, being the talented golfer he is, swung the club like a baseball bat and hit a ball far ahead of Marshall’s drive, winning the challenge. The golfer laughed about the incident, and so did Marshall.

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What did the SEALs think about Woods?

According to the SEALs, Woods was not as good and as determined as the rest of them when it came to training. A SEAL stated that Woods was always up for the adventurous parts of the training, including skydiving and shooting guns. However, his determination was not the same when it came to staying submerged in cold water for hours.

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Woods never wanted to join the Navy. But after he lost his father, the golfer found an escape from his grief while doing something his old man loved. And that is mainly why he used to go to the training camps.

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Joydeep Singh

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Joydeep Singh is a Golf writer at EssentiallySports. Having completed his Bachelor's degree in Business Management, he possesses a writing experience of more than four years now. Having picked up on following golf for quite some time now, his favorite is the legendary Tiger Woods, whose games he just does not miss.
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Manaal Siddiqui

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