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Tiger Woods’ trophy haul by the age of just 11 is actually absurd

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A couple of days ago, we highlighted the NIL deal between Sunday Golf and the six-year-old golf phenom, Patton Green.

As all golf juniors know, though, there is only one true golf phenom and Patton might have to go some to catch Tiger Woods’ record at a similarly young age.

In the ten years between 1999 and 2009, the undisputed number one won 73 times, winning 13 of his 15 majors during that period and gaining his status as one of the greatest athletes of all time, let alone just in golf.

And yet Tiger says he peaked when he was 11 years old.

At a Q&A session at the Tiger Woods Foundation Junior Invitational, the 46-year-old told the assembled junior golfers that, as a junior, he won so many trophies his mum had to give some away!

Tiger told his audience that, “When I was 11-years-old my life peaked. I got straight As. I got outstanding for effort and participation. I never got posted or in trouble during recess. I won 36 tournaments that summer. I went 36-0.”

The golfing legend explained further.

“By the time I had turned 12, when I was 11, my mum made me donate all my trophies because I had won 113. And I think I had the cutest girlfriend. So yes, life peaked at 11.”

36 years later, Tiger is attempting to recover from a serious leg injury, suffered in his near-fatal car crash in early 2021, but he played well with son Charlie at last week’s PNC Championship, and looks determined to make it back to the course.

Whether he can make it back to the form of the 2000s is in doubt, but there is no question he will never top 1986.

 

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Bryson DeChambeau yells at grown man to return golf ball to kid at PGA Championship

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On Sunday at the PGA Championship, Bryson DeChambeau came one shot shy of winning his second major championship.

Plenty of Bryson’s skills were on display, such as his ability to reach 196mph ball speed on his drives and his underrated short game.

Another aspect of Bryson that was shown on Sunday was his likeability, which to some fans, is a new phenomenon.

At one point during his round on the back nine, DeChambeau flipped a ball in the stands to a kid, but it was intercepted by a grown man who took off running with the ball.

DeChambeau screamed “Hey!” for the man to stop and demanded that the ball be given back to the kid it was intended for.

Fans are certainly beginning to embrace DeChambeau and are realizing how good he is for the game of golf.

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Butch Harmon reveals what he worked on with Rory McIlroy during visit earlier this year

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While speaking on the “Son of a Butch” Podcast, legendary swing coach Butch Harmon revealed what he worked on with Rory McIlroy when the four-time major champion went to visit him after the Players Championship this season.

“The work I did with him wasn’t a tremendous amount of changing what he did, it was his attitude and the way he played certain shots. From 150 yards and in he made a full swing like he was hitting a driver and I wanted him to make more 3 quarter swings and chop the follow through off a little. He’s a very high ball hitter, but with short irons high balls aren’t good, it’s hard to control, we wanted to bring the ball flight down.”

The work certainly seemed to help McIlroy, as he went on to win the Zurich Classic alongside Shane Lowry and the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow in back-to-back starts.

Rory will now tee it up at Valhalla for the PGA Championship, which is the site of his most recent major victory in 2014.

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Brandel Chamblee says this technological development was key to Phil Mickelson winning major championships

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While speaking with GolfWRX, Golf Channel’s Brandel Chamblee shared that he believes the solid core golf ball helped Phil Mickelson win major championships.

“One of the consequences of the solid core golf ball coming around was it put the straightest of hitters in the rough.

“Phil started winning majors in 2004, I don’t think that’s any coincidence. I think he started winning majors after the solid core golf ball came along and put everybody in the rough.

“And so [Phil] is like ‘I got you in the rough, I’m going to kick your a**. This is my game. I’ve been in the rough my whole career. I can go over trees, through trees, around trees.’

“Because he’s got that amazing creativity and Phil is an underrated iron player, phenomenal iron player. Great, great great out of the trouble. If you put the top-40 players on a list and ranked them in terms of accuracy, he would be 40th.

“So, I think that was one of the consequences of the solid core golf balls was it allowed Phil to win major championships.”

Mickelson went on to win the Masters in 2004 as well as five additional majors from 2004-2021 including three total Masters, two PGA Championships, and an Open Championship.

Check out the full interview with Chamblee below:

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