Tiger Woods’ TGL debut didn’t observe the fairytale script along with his Jupiter Hyperlinks aspect trounced by Los Angeles Nation Membership — however the evening didn’t fall brief in offering entertaining, and hilarious, moments.
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The golf world stood nonetheless as Woods made his prolonged entrance in a haze of crimson smoke, and to the track Eye of The Tiger — an immediately iconic scene that was extra reminscent of a WWE entry.
Woods’ first gap then began with a bang, with the champion golfer producing an influence play on the again of his epic stroll out. He dropped the ‘Hammer’ — successfully a wager to double the factors performed for on any given gap — earlier than his opening tee shot, which was met with rapturous applause from the group.
However that was about pretty much as good because it bought for Woods and his aspect — on the scoreboard, at the least — with the LA workforce of Collin Morikawa, Justin Rose and Sahith Theegala taking pictures out to an enormous lead that they by no means surrendered.
The ultimate rating was 11-1, making it the competitors’s second blowout in as many weeks after The Bay dismantled New York within the opening spherical.
However the evening delivered on the leisure entrance, with one second late within the evening leaving Woods crying in laughter.
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Teammate Kevin Kisner botched a bunker shot that he rocketed with scary velocity. He was fortunate to have the ball hit the flag stick and ricochet far off the inexperienced.
With Woods nonetheless laughing from the blooper, Kisner replied by coming inside a millimetre of holing out his subsequent shot, which lipped out.
Talking of the second later, Woods stated: “I’m nonetheless hurting I used to be laughing so arduous.
“I didn’t suppose anybody may get hit out right here. It was going to clear the stands. It was rising, oh my god.”
Talking of the follow-up from Kisner, he added: “Oh my god, it was so good. It ought to’ve gone in. It could’ve been the most effective three ever.”
In the meantime, Kisner stated it was “like I bought struck by lighning, I didn’t know what occurred”.
“I believed I would’ve hit the display screen 100 yards away,” he added.
Earlier within the evening, with the writing already on the wall for Jupiter, Kisner hilariously known as on Woods’ son within the stands, Charlie, to “sub in” amid their workforce’s mighty wrestle.
Woods’ slid out to a 5-0 deficit to begin, which triggered Kisner to yell out to Charlie Woods within the crowd.
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“Charlie, come sub in,” Kisner stated, along with his father Woods visibly irritated, saying “we’re getting completely killed”.
However regardless of the one-sided match, Woods may nonetheless see the humorous aspect by the top of the evening.
“We would not break 100 (pictures),” he joked. “I flubbed a bunker shot, Kis nearly killed someone…”