1997: Tiger Woods Aces the 16th Hole at TPC Scottsdale
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What more can be said… golfs new & upcoming superstar… in front of thousands… does the impossible. On this day, January 25, 1997, Tiger Woods aced (hit a hole-in-one) the 16th hole at TPC Scottsdale and receives the beer shower of a lifetime.
An Ace, a Beer Shower, and Thousands of Patrons Cheering at TPC Scottsdale
A current PGA Tour golfer, Robert Garrigus, was in the crowd that day as a college student and fan.
“I might have been the first guy to throw a beer, I don’t know,” said Garrigus on PGATour.com. “But it started raining, big time, and everybody in the Thunderbirds was like, ‘No, no,’ and they’re getting pelted with beers. It was unbelievable.
– Tiger Woods
Don’t believe that Tiger made it rain? Here is evidence…the tee box was littered with empty cups of beer.
Listen to Tiger Woods himself recount the experience. Note: Raise the Roof era questionable?
“Just smelling and hearing the beer hit behind me,” Woods recalled this week. “Turn around and see all this beer flying was crazy. … You see all these beer cups everywhere on the tee box.”
– Tiger Woods
