The 1997 Masters helped mark Tiger Woods’ arrival as golf’s new dominant force. It was a week before that dramatic win at Augusta, however, when Tiger played the greatest round of his life, in his opinion.
Playing with fellow pro Mark O’Meara at his home course of Isleworth Country Club in Windermere, Fla., Woods was on an absolute tear, shooting a 59. He says it is two strokes better than any other round he’s ever played.
“We teed off on the back nine at Isleworth, and I par 10, birdie 11 and 12, I eagle 13, I birdied 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 1,” Tiger recounted in a video for Golf Digest.