December 30, 2021, is Tiger Woods' 46th birthday.
In the past year, in the life of the tiger, it must be a period of time that will never be forgotten - a shocking car accident at the beginning of the year, which almost made him face the desperate situation of amputation; but in just 298 days, that is, less than 10 months, he was able to miraculously regain the serve of a golf game!
Although in 2021, Woods did not play on any of the PGA Tour for the first time in his 28-year golf career. But at the end of the year, he appeared in the PNC Parent-Child Competition with his son and almost won the championship together, or let the world once again witness the extraordinary resilience in him, as well as the infinite possibilities of the future life of the god of high ball...
Just 42 weeks into playing, Woods miraculously returned to the court
Now, coming to a key point in Tiger Woods' life, we may wish to look back at his signature celebration actions that have been engraved in the hearts of countless tiger fans - Tiger Fist! In the world of golf, Tiger is the only golfer who celebrates the action more memorable than the bat itself, and every time he plays a tiger punch, it will not only make the atmosphere of the scene explode in an instant, but also make the charm of golf infinitely multiply, thus inspiring more people to engage in and love the sport.
Every time Tiger Fist appears in the jianghu, it can make millions of people instantly feel numb, but not many people know the origin of this celebration action - in fact, it is also a kind of inheritance - Tiger Woods first swung to celebrate when he was 11 years old, he first defeated his father Earle on the golf course. He still remembers it as he did yesterday.
"We were playing the back nine holes at the Navy Golf Course in Long Beach." Tiger recalled, "I caught a birdie on the 16th hole and hit a par. On the last hole, the par five, my dad missed a 20-foot bird push while I pushed a 15-foot, right-to-left birdie push. I clenched my fists and slammed into the air, ecstatic. He didn't know what was going on, but it was the most important moment of my life. ”
Tiger with Father Earl
Since "Tiger Fist" is incomparably precious and inscribed in our hearts for tigers or tiger fans, we will borrow Woods' birthday to take a wave of "memory killing" and inventory "Tiger Fists we chased in those years", which ones can rank at the top?
To be clear, this isn't Tiger Woods' ranking of the best goals or greatest moments of his career — and certainly some of his highlights — and you won't see him punching a tiger punch for Paula in the first round of the Farmers Insurance Open.
No.7
-1994 American Amateur Championship-
Seven years after the tiger first played the tiger fist, the 18-year-old finally let this action officially "out of the master" and appeared in front of the world. In the final of the 1994 American Amateur Championship, he staged a magical putter from the edge of the green on the famous island green on the 17th hole of TPC sawtooth grass, and when he almost fell into the water, he actually staged a magical putt from the edge of the green, advanced the wonderful birdie, and achieved a big counterattack from 6 holes behind to another 1 hole!
When Tiger Fist first appeared, it was on the cover of the magazine
Unlike many times after the "Tiger Fist", the young tiger was full of vitality, and he could not suppress the celebration before the ball entered the hole, and began to run, and when he saw the ball enter the hole, his right fist finally shot into the sky. With the lead in hand, he beat his opponents on the final hole and lifted the trophy of the American Amateur Championship for the first time. The legacy of Tiger Boxing is that Tiger remains the only player to win the championship in both March and May at TPC Sawtooth.
No.6
-1997 Phoenix Open-
Tiger, who has been working for less than a year, participated in the PGA TOUR "Spring Festival Gala" for the first time. As a result, on the 16th hole of the "PGA Tour's noisiest" with nearly 100,000 people, the 21-year-old slammed into the hole in one fell swoop. In the midst of the roar of the people shaking the ground, the excited tiger not only swung his fists, but also high-fived with the caddies and the same group. To date, this is not only one of the most famous Hole-in-Ones in PGA Tour history, but also the "Tiger Fist" with the largest number of spectators witnessed on the spot.
This tiger fist was so widely circulated that many years later, it was made into Lego by the "two-dimensional" creation.
Restore the Phoenix Tiger Fist with Lego bricks
"Everyone was celebrating with the tiger, not knowing who was the first in the stands to throw down the beer, anyway suddenly ... A 'beer rain' began. Robert Garygus, who was in Woods' group, recalled, "It was unbelievable that each of us was drenched in beer. ”
No.5
-2001 Players Championship-
It's TPC sawtooth again, it's the 17th hole island green again, it's kick-off almost into the water, it's a magical putter – unlike at the 1994 U.S. Amateur Championship, the 25-year-old Tiger will magically double the stage: a 60-foot putter, he shot the ball to the right, then turned left, and finally made a sharp right turn again in the final stage, and finally after drawing an extremely weird "S" route, the ball rolled right into the hole from the bottom edge of the cup!
Tiger Fist reproduces sawtooth grass! Along with this is tv commentator Gary Cork's repeated exclamations of the go-to-record phrase , "Better than most!" ”。“ As the ball rolled all the way downhill, I had already judged that it was strong enough, the route was enough to turn left, and it performed far better than the other players in the same position on the day. "I didn't notice, but by this time I had blurted out two sentences, 'Better than most.'" When the ball went into the hole, I couldn't help shouting again. ”
This year the sawtooth grass replaced the green flag to commemorate the tiger god push
"That was the most classic tiger moment!" Koch sighed. The Tigers also lived up to expectations, eventually winning the first players' championship of their career and ending a six-month championship drought.
In the video replay of the PGA Tour, the tiger fist after Woods pushed the bird was released several times. And in March of this year, on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of this magical putt, TPC Sawgrass deliberately replaced the 17th hole green flag with the words "better than most", commemorating the most classic push of the Tiger career here in the 5054 swing. ”
No.4
-2008 US Open Round 3-
Although we talked about the 2008 US Open, this is not well known – the "tiger punch" (we will not list the scene on the 72nd hole). Let's talk about the third round, another tiger punch that also happened on the last hole.
The pain caused by the knee injury has been testing the tiger's endurance, and he even started with a double bogey on the moving day, but the sleeping tiger after the transition woke up in time and hit 2 eagles and 1 birdie, especially the eagle putter on the 18th hole, so that he rushed to the position of a single leader at the last minute - watching the small ball enter the hole, the tiger's serious expression turned into a smile, slowly, stretched out his fist...
One of the most famous GIF diagrams of tigers
This is perhaps the most calm and slowest punch in tiger slam career – it seems that tigers who drag their broken legs know that they need to take a good rest every once in a while. However, this calm scene of King's Landing was made into a GIF map by countless gods on the Internet, which became one of the most widely circulated "tiger fists" in major WeChat groups.
No.3
-2018 PGA Championship-
Tigers after the age of forty, the celebration action you must first think of is the 2019 Masters to win the long roar. But in fact, a year before that, tigers had already sounded the horn of return at another Grand Slam, the PGA Championship.
Although Woods failed to beat Brooks Koepka at the top of his game at Belleville, his brilliant bird on the 18th hole in the final round greatly fulfilled the wishes of tens of thousands of spectators who followed him with a weighty runner-up. And tiger's long-lost tiger fist also made him spit out a long-suppressed depression in his heart, and after nearly ten years, he once again pointed to the sky on the day of the Grand Slam final.
Tiger Fist has been a ten-year re-enactment of grand slams
This is a tiger fist that declares "return"! Just a few weeks later, he ended the 1876-day championship drought at the Tour Championships. On the official website of the PGA Championship, the "famous scene" of the 2018 event is often not The cup photo of Koepka, but the long-lost "Tiger Fist" of the tiger.
No.2
-2005 Masters-
Tiger Woods has won five Masters tournaments, from the first Grand Slam title in 1997 to the great resurrection in 2019, in which it is undoubtedly extremely difficult to choose the most classic "Tiger Fist" moment. Moreover, when you think of 2005, the first thing that pops into everyone's mind is obviously the classic scene of the magical cut on the 16th hole.
However, one of the most famous "Tiger Fist" photos in history is from the 2005 Masters, but it is not the 16th hole of the tiger - but the first plus hole (Augusta 18 hole), the tiger pushed into the 15-foot bird push, the gas away Chris Di Marco, the passion moment of dominating the fourth green jacket (see the video cover image for details).
The 2005 Masters marked the pinnacle of Tiger's career
After seeing the tiger push the birdie ball, the right foot took a big step, the right fist reached the sky at the same time, the 29-year-old was in his prime, the muscular Hong's biceps shone golden light in the sunset; and his left hand, still holding the Scotty Cameron Newport 2 GSS putter, the limbs and the putter were fully and powerfully stretched on the picture - this aesthetic feast like a Roman statue fully interpreted the unique king domineering of Tiger Woods at the peak of the world!
This tiger fist was made into a costume by NIKE this year
After years of baptism, this tiger fist has become a tiger trademark ICON scene. Just last month, Nike launched the "Tiger Woods theme" autumn and winter golf clothing new products, one of the men's knitwear, using "2005 Tiger Fist" as the theme pattern, triggered a rush of tiger fans around the world.
No.1
-2008 US Open Final Round-
The most pivotal putter in the history of golf? One of the best celebratory moves in the history of sport? No matter how you look at it, the 2008 U.S. Open in Dorison, California, is like a golf remake of the movie "Rocky", in that five-day epic battle with 91 holes, whether it is Tiger Woods who fought on only one leg to the end, or Rocco Mediat, who staged the legend of the blue-collar uncle Dark Horse, are enough to leave the field with pride. However, on the 72nd hole of the main game, the tiger celebrated the tiger fist after advancing the 12-foot birdie, making him officially a god.
Tiger was knighted in a battle
We've seen Tiger Fist countless times over the years, but this 2008 one — in fact, it was a double punch — was enough to shake the entire planet. Before this moment, Woods was barely able to stand on his injured leg, but with that push, he unleashed his energy on the world with a long whistle: "Wow! Yes! Yes! Yes! Everyone understands that at this moment, the tiger's fighting spirit has been completely stimulated - even if it is a wounded tiger, as long as he can still stand on this stage, he is invincible!
Tiger Fist also created a hall-level cover of the first issue of Sports Illustrated
This tiger fist is like the epitome of the essence of the tiger's life, and every time the tiger fans see this scene again, they will surely boil with blood and burn to tears. Back on a late summer Sunday night in 1995, Earl Woods had predicted: "My son will win 14 Grand Slam titles." ”
Twenty-three years later, the Tiger Fist heralded the moment: the appearance of Tiger Woods forever rewritten golf and the history of the sport!
The same screening
For two consecutive years of PNC parent-child competitions, many people seem to have a premonition: the next spokesperson of "Tiger Fist" seems to be Charlie Woods, the son of Tiger?
Don't forget? It is a legacy in itself.
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