Golf World Reacts To Tiger Woods, Augusta National Story

Daniel Bates
tiger woods and jack nicklaus talking to each other
tiger woods and jack nicklaus talking to each other

In “Arnie: The Life of Arnold Palmer,” author Tom Callahan shines a light on one of the greatest golfers to ever play the game. The former Time writer and Post columnist’s book also contains a story of Tiger Woods as a cub at Augusta in 1996.

Callahan wrote of Palmer and Jack Nicklaus in their older years, and how they’d gotten together for the first time in three decades to have meals and hit practice rounds. One morning, the two legends met with an amateur Tiger on the course:

On the par-5 13th, Woods popped up his drive and for once was away. Nicklaus had his back turned to Tiger. Peeking over Jack’s shoulder, Palmer saw the 20-year-old pull out an iron for his second shot and whispered, ‘He’s laying up.’

‘Oh Arnie,’ Jack said affectionately. ‘He’s not.’ Woods slammed a blue darter over the creek and into the green. … ‘I think of that as the moment Arnold realized his class graduated.’ Jack laughed and said, ‘My class has graduated, too.’

Golf fans reacted to the excerpt on Twitter.

“Amazing…” one user replied.

“Really cool,” another said.

“Awesome to read this little insight into the relationship of The King and The Bear,” commented another. “Plus a dash of young Tiger thrown in.”

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