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Remembering Tiger Woods’ epic Canadian Open shot, thanks to Zac Blair

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Hard to believe it’s been 17 years since Tiger Woods hit one of the defining shots of his career at the then Bell Canadian Open.

Leading Grant Waite by one stroke as he came the 72nd hole, Tiger Woods found the fairway bunker off the tee. Waite found the fairway and was on the green in two as Woods stood over his ball in the massive hazard.

218 yards from the green, needing to get the ball up quickly and carry it all the way to the green to avoid water, any other golfer in the world would have laid up and tried to make birdie the old-fashioned way.

Instead, all Woods did was pull off this ludicrous shot.

He got up and down from the fringe for birdie, icing the tournament.

“I keep telling everybody I didn’t hit the green,” he said. “I hit it over the green. So it wasn’t really that good.”

Zac Blair, who is in the field for this week’s RBC Canadian Open, snapped a picture of what Tiger was looking at some 17 years ago. Can you imagine taking this shot one? Blair certainly couldn’t.

If you’d like to reminisce further about this glorious strike of the golf ball and the gusto to pull it off, this feature from the PGA Tour is an excellent port of call.

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  1. makaveli

    Jul 31, 2017 at 8:37 pm

    That was such a good shot. Miss ya Tiger

  2. Gordy

    Jul 31, 2017 at 9:58 am

    Tiger always played traditional lofts as well. Steel shaft in his driver in the second video, those were the days. Could you imagine these guys today playing a steel shafted driver? I lol thinking about it. I am only 30 and played a steel shaft in my 4wood for years and always got sideways looks. Played some of my best golf with a steel shaft in my Great Big Bertha.

  3. slicemixer

    Jul 27, 2017 at 3:05 am

    yeah, a real 6 iron not a 4 iron with CG lowered and stamped with a “6”.

  4. Tom54

    Jul 26, 2017 at 7:25 pm

    For sure it was an amazing shot from 200 plus yds. Tiger was as long as they were back then with tremendous clubhead speed. Fast forward 17 years and there’s a ton of players that hit a 6- iron well over 200 yds. Not many though can propel it out of a bunker over water to close out a tournament

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Coolest thing for sale in the GolfWRX Classifieds (1/16/24): Cobra Forged One Length irons

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At GolfWRX, we are a community of like-minded individuals that all experience and express our enjoyment of the game in many ways.

It’s that sense of community that drives day-to-day interactions in the forums on topics that range from best driver to what marker you use to mark your ball. It even allows us to share another thing we all love – buying and selling equipment.

Currently, in our GolfWRX buy/sell/trade (BST) forum, there is a listing for a set of Cobra Forged One Length irons.

From the seller: (@adamwittman): “4-PW, GW, lw. Nunchuk shafts. $350 tyd conusa.”

To check out the full listing in our BST forum, head through the link: Cobra Forged One Length irons

This is the most impressive current listing from the GolfWRX BST, and if you are curious about the rules to participate in the BST Forum you can check them out here: GolfWRX BST Rules

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What GolfWRXers are saying about Kevin Kisner’s new Callaway X Forged CB irons

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In our forums, our members have been discussing Kevin Kisner’s new Callaway X Forged CB irons which he has in the bag at this week’s CJ Cup. WRXers have been commenting on the switch and the clubs themselves in our forums.

For lots more photos, check out the full thread here.

Here are a few posts from the thread, but make sure to check out the entire discussion and have your say at the link below.

  • btyh: “Holy offset.”
  • Glf_LU: “These are interesting. Not going to make a rush to judgement until I see them in person. It does look like a little more offset than I would expect to see in this model.”
  • bcflyguy1: “Kisner is not one to make a lot of equipment changes (see the GBB driver he’s still using), so if these do have staying power in his bag that will be interesting to see. I have to wonder if there’s something different about his set, because like others have mentioned there appears to be more offset on his than I recall seeing in the samples I’ve had in hand.”

Entire Thread: “Kevin Kisner’s new Callaway X Forged CB irons”

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WATCH: PGA Tour players play hole blindfolded and it’s hilarious/amazing

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As part of a Srixon campaign, four PGA Tour players recently participated in a three-hole challenge, with each hole being a different game; hole No. 1 was blindfolded, hole No. 2 was costumes and distractions, and hole No. 3 was alternate shot with a baseball bat. The teams were Smylie Kaufman and Sam Ryder against Shane Lowry and Grayson Murray.

Watch the full video below, since it is quite entertaining (albeit not the type of golf that Old Tom Morris surely had in mind), but in particular, make sure to check out the first hole where Lowry and Ryder play a full hole completely blind folded. It’s amazing to watch how badly Ryder struggles, and how Lowry nearly makes par.

Cleveland-Srixon’s marketing department has been hard at work crafting these viral-esque ad campaigns; if you remember, former long-drive champion Jamie Sadlowski recently dressed as 80-year-old Grandpa Jamie to fool range-goers. That video has since gathered over 1.2 million views on YouTube.

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