Tiger is charging up the leaderboard and fending off unintentional attacks by security.
Tiger Woods is charging up the leaderboard late on Friday at Augusta
National, playing through some rain that has forced players to adjust a
bit on the fly. In addition to the change in conditions, Tiger is also
having to deal with slide-tackling security guards. It’s all coming at
him.
After playing from the muck right of the 14th fairway, Tiger began to
walk back out of the trees and towards the fairway to make his way up to
the green. As often happens at these golf tournaments, the crowd starts
to move in around Tiger after contact on the shot. And as often happens
in response, security guards and gallery marshals began to try and hold
the line.
Only one overzealous security guard started hustling his way into the
area to keep the “patrons” back and bit it right into Tiger’s ankle.
Woods immediately grimaced in pain and started limping dramatically
trying to gather himself. Everyone watching held their collective
breath.
After his approach shot on the 14th hole, a security guard makes contact with Tiger Woods. pic.twitter.com/0DNpWn1AkI
— CBS Sports (@CBSSports) April 12, 2019
One of the very firm and Masters-specific rules is that there is
absolutely no running at Augusta National. If you’re seen moving even
just a tick above a speed walk, the Pinkerton security guards
immediately stop you. It’s oddly obeyed 100 percent of the time. You
never see running. But it’s unclear whether that kind of rule applies to
the ones enforcing it.
While Augusta may appear pristine on camera between the fairways, it’s
sloppy outside the ropes with all the rain and traffic this week.
There’s not much they can do, even with spreading this kitty litter type
stuff all over the high traffic areas. So it’s not surprising a running
security guard might bite it. But that he had to do on a slide tackle
right into Tiger’s ankle does qualify as a near national disaster.
Fortunately for the guard, and everyone rooting on Tiger, the four-time
Masters winner drilled the subsequent birdie putt on the 14th after that
absurd recovery short, the quality of which was lost in the mayhem of
Tiger’s ankle nearly being sheared off. Then Tiger backed up that birdie
on 14 with yet another massive putt on the 15th, bringing him to just a
shot off the lead.
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