“Super Tiger” once shot 59 strokes over 18 holes, but no one could see the desirable standard round performance.

Woods achieved this rare achievement in a friendly round of golf with current star Mark O’Meara on April 4, 1997, at Isleworth Country Club, Florida. At that time, O’Meara had lifted the trophy 14 times on the PGA Tour, while Woods had only been professional for less than a year but had already won three championships and was ranked 14th in the world, six places lower than O’Meara.

“We started from hole 10. After par, I scored birdies on holes 11 and 12, an eagle on hole 13, then a string of six birdies. At hole 3, par5, I used a 3-iron to get to the green and keep par. While playing that hole, we also watched the spaceship Columbia launch from Cape Canaveral. That day was great,” Woods said.

“Super Tiger” ended the round with a score of -13 on the par 72 course, 7,149 yards long. The scoreboard is hung in the clubhouse to show the course record. By 2014, this place was overhauled, and Woods’ “evidence of 59 strokes through 18 holes” disappeared from there.

After that “excellent” round, Woods played another match with O’Meara. “We started from hole 10 again. After the birdie to enter, I scored a hole-in-one on hole 11. Mark quit the match,” Woods recalled. “On hole 11, he hit with an 8 iron. At that time, I had not yet gotten out of the cart. The ball went onto the green, bounced once and went straight into the hole. I took out a $100 bill and put it on Woods’ cart and said, ‘This shot is so beautiful, I’ll stop playing. See you at the practice area when you finish your round,’” O’Meara said.

Six days after the friendly golf match, Woods entered the major Masters, winning resoundingly with a final difference of 12 strokes. That was the opening championship for 15 major victories in a collection of 82 trophies.

Technical statistics over the past 25 years show that Woods, despite setting peaks in many categories, has still not been able to pass the round of 60 strokes in an official tournament. “Super Tiger” reached the 60 mark four times, most recently at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational 2013. Meanwhile, the PGA Tour since 1968 recorded 12 golfers hitting 59 strokes while only Swedish female golfer Annika Sorenstam could do it on the LPGA. Tour. Regarding this rare achievement, Jim Furyk is the “boss” because in addition to the number 59 at the BMW Championship 2013, Furyk also had 58 strokes at the Travelers Championship 2016.