Tiger Woods after successful the 2001 Masters to finish the "Tiger Slam."
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Tiger Woods’ previous golf equipment are nonetheless value a fortune — even twenty years later.
As he was enjoying in his first event in over a 12 months, making the minimize at The Masters, the irons he used to win the famed “Tiger Slam” from 2000-01 netted a fairly penny at an public sale.
The Titleist 681-T iron set that helped him win 4 straight majors went for a file $5,156,162 at Golden Age Auctions. The earlier excessive for golf memorabilia was Horton Smith’s inexperienced jacket, which bought for $682,000 in 2013.
Personal fairness investor Todd Brock was the proprietor of the golf equipment and put them up on the market on the public sale. He bought them in 2010 at an public sale for $57,242 from Titleist vp of participant promotions Steve Mata.
“I’ve had them for 12 years now, and I haven’t instructed anyone that I owned them. They had been in a very nice body in my workplace and I’m not an investor in memorabilia, so no person was seeing the irons,” Brock mentioned, per ESPN. “I’ve had the chance to see these for 12 years and it’s like a Rembrandt, the place any individual takes it to their fort and it’s by no means seen once more. I felt blessed that I acquired to hang around with them and take a look at them, nevertheless it’s time for any individual else to do one thing larger and higher with them.”
Woods accomplished the “Tiger Slam” by successful the 2001 Masters after he gained three straight majors in 2000: the US Open, British Open and PGA Championship.
It's value noting that Woods mentioned in 2010 that the irons he used to win these majors had been in his storage. Mata had beforehand mentioned Woods gave him the irons on the 2001 Buick Basic when he wanted to alter out the grooves.
“He might have my set of irons, however they’re not from these tournaments,” Woods mentioned then. “They’re in my storage.”
Mata took a polygraph take a look at in 2010 to show the golf equipment’ authenticity, in keeping with ESPN, and Golden Age Auctions reportedly confirmed the authenticity by way of picture matching.
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