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‘What a Battle’: Golf Community Goes Berserk, As 15-Year-Old Unseen Image Featuring Tiger Woods and Rival Goes Viral

Published 10/24/2023, 7:18 AM EDT

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Every Tiger Woods appearance on a golf course has a lot of value. However, there are certain tournaments, rounds as well as shots that are absolutely phenomenal, so much so that you cannot help but call them historical. When it comes to Tiger Woods, there is no dearth of never-before executed shots.

He is called legendary for a reason. The 82-time PGA Tour winner has executed several shots out of this world over a long career. Be it his flop shot at the Augusta Masters or his low stingers, no one quite does it like him. Recently, his 15-years-old memories were given a fresh life.

Tiger Woods’ old rivalry given a new life

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Dan Rapaport recently took to Twitter to refresh some past memories. He jokes around on the social media platform often but this time his joke garnered significant traction from fans and followers.

He responded to a tweet made by a history page which asked: “What’s the first historical battle that comes to your mind, without Googling”. The page was looking for historical answers but Dan Rapaport had something different in mind.

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He posted a picture of two golfers facing each other like rivals. The two golfers were none other than Rocco Mediate and Tiger Woods. The picture dates back to the 2008 US Open.

Woods won the 2008 US Open by defeating Rocco Mediate. But how he defeated Rocco was very interesting, the Masters Winner forced a playoff by sinking a 30-foot-long put after which he went on the defeat Mediate in the sudden death playoff. Comment section was flooded with fans and followers reacting to this sly response of Dan Rapaport.

Other battles that the golfing community brought up

The golfing community was more than delighted by this treat and came up with some really interesting comments.

The fact that both the players wore red and black on the final day at the US Open did not go down well with the fans.

Another fan commented on his 14th Major win.

Some fans shared personal anecdotes from that day and how it was memorable for them.

Some fans mentioned that the Tiger Woods and Bob May battle was intense as well.

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Fans lauded the great battle saying this is an underrated one and deserves more attention.

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Which is your favorite Tiger Woods moment? Let us know in the comment section below.

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Roshni is a senior golf writer at EssentiallySports. She finds immense pleasure in both engaging in the sport and writing about it. Putting happens to be her strong suit, and she tries to bring the elegance of that putting into her writing while she uncovers stories in the sport.
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Prateek Srivastava

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