Tiger Woods has golf fans in stitches with ‘meme of the year’ as he is hysterically caught ‘shaking hands with a tree’ during coverage of the final round of the Masters
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A peculiar moment involving Tiger Woods and a tree left golf fans in stitches during coverage of the Masters on Sunday.
The five-time winner made history on Friday after making the cut for a record 24th time, but the following two days he finished at the bottom of the leaderboard with a score of 16-over.
While fans would have been disappointed not to have seen him compete for a record-like sixth green jacket, they were at least given a moment of relief during the broadcast when the 48-year-old appeared to shake hands with a tree.
One fan joked: ‘Tiger Woods shaking hands on his favorite tree at Augusta. Nothing but class.’
“A rare photo of tiger forest meeting an ent,” joked another. A third said: ‘It’s going to be the meme of the year.’
Tiger Woods interrupted his tough final round to share a moment with a mystery person
Fans were tickled by the image of Woods during the broadcast of the final round of the Masters
Woods shook hands with legendary American commentator Verne Lundquist, who is set to hang up his microphone after the 2024 Masters
It quickly became clear that Woods was indeed shaking hands with the legendary American commentator Verne Lundquist.
Lundquist is calling time on his commentary duties after a mutual decision was made that 2024 will be his last Masters.
As for Woods, Sunday marked his 100th round at the Masters and he wore his traditional red for the final round, which started well enough but didn’t last long.
Woods hasn’t really been competitive here since 2020, when he finished tied for 38th a year after his stunning fifth win at age 43.
He finished 13th over two years ago, then was forced to withdraw in 2023 in the third round due to injuries not helped by the cold, rainy weather that had taken its toll on his body.
For a brief period this week, Woods showed glimpses of the past.
He played the first two rounds at 1 over to make the cut for a record 24th time. But the final two rounds were a struggle for Woods, who posted his worst round of his career at a major with an 82 on Saturday.