One of the "finest artefacts" of Tiger Woods' peerless career is being auctioned
The golf ball Tiger Woods used to make a hole-in-one at the 1996 Milwaukee Open has gone up for sale with Heritage Auctions.
The golf ball Tiger Woods used to make a hole-in-one at the 1996 Milwaukee Open has gone up for auction.
This news was first reported by GOLF.
In case you need a bit of reminding, Woods made the famous ace at the par-3 14th hole at Brown Deer Golf Park during the final round.
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Woods used a 6-iron and sent the crowd into an absolute frenzy.
Hello world.
One of those people who went absolutely nuts was a man named Bob Gustin and his brother-in-law David who watched Woods jar it.
They begged the young cat for the Titleist 1 golf ball and the superstar obliged.
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Woods even signed the golf ball for Gustin.
It does beg the question, would you ever sell a piece of history like this? I'm not sure I could.
Woods' golf ball will of course fetch a pretty penny in the auction. The irons he used when he completed his famous "Tiger Slam" - where he won four successive majors - sold for more than $5m earlier in the year.
Gustin told the publication:
The price will also be boosted owing to the fact of its rarity.
Woods hasn't had a hole-in-one in competition since 1998. He did make an ace in each of his first three seasons when he turned professional.
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The golf ball will be sold by Heritage Auctions. We can't wait to see for just how much cash it fetches.
On the listing, Heritage Auctions wrote:
You can click on this link to see the full listing.
As of 4 November, the current bid was $22,000.
Predictions?
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To give you a bit of a benchmark, the leaderboard from the Milwaukee Open (made out of cardboard) with Woods' name on it recently sold for $69,000 and a ticket sold for $99,000.
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