Tiger Woods to pro golfer on Masters debut: "Wanna slide down this hill?"
Andy Ogletree revealed on a recent podcast appearance what Tiger Woods said to him at his debut Masters.
You're playing in your first ever Masters at Augusta National alongside Tiger Woods.
Just how do you comprehend this and, more importantly, how do you act alongside the legendary golfer?
Aside from first tee pleasantries, do you attempt to talk to the icon throughout the round? Compliment him on a well-struck shot? Ask him how the leg is?
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That is the scenario Andy Ogletree had to contemplate when he played in his first ever Masters in 2020.
Ogletree was in the field owing to the fact he won the U.S. Amateur one year prior and he was out in the first two rounds of the major alongside Woods and 2019 Open winner Shane Lowry.
The trio teed off on the 10th hole and the youngster did the hard part by splitting the fairway.
Woods also found the short stuff.
Remind yourself of how Tiger made a 10 here:
Ogletree told the Fairway to Heaven podcast what Woods did next took him completely by surprise.
And he was in stitches.
"I could tell he was walking over towards me and gonna say something to me," he said.
"He walks over and we had just had a rain delay that morning.
"He was like, 'man, wouldn't it be fun just to get a running start and slide down this hill?'
"'I was like, what? And I just started laughing. I was like, man, that was interesting'.
"So I gave him some s--- back right? And he thought that was hilarious."
He added: "From then on, he was super nice to me and talked a lot.
"Joe LaCava was on the bag for him and he was pretty helpful as well, just kind of telling us, you know, what to do and when to talk and stuff like that.
"I settled in, played some good golf, made the cut and ending up getting low amateur that week."
The 2020 Masters also saw Woods make a 10 on the par-3 12th in the final round.
Woods responded by making birdie at 13, 14, 16, 17 and 18 for one of the best rounds of 76 you will ever see at Augusta.
Ogletree said of this: "This was the year that Tiger made a 10 on 12, and after you finished they took me to a cabin right beside Butler Cabin [where] you were able to have your family there and kind of debrief on the week.
"So we were all in there talking and [I] didn't really know what was going on, and they take me to Butler Cabin and someone slaps me on the back.
"And I turn around and it's Tiger and he's like, 'congrats man', and it was really cool.
"We got to talk and stuff and he was like, 'how'd it go?'"
Ogletree said he told Woods he played okay, but left a few out there.
He was also fully aware of what happened to Woods, though, when he asked him: "How'd it go for you?"
Ogletree continued: "He was like, 'oh you haven't heard?' So I just completely played it off. I'm like, 'heard what?'
"And he's like, 'bro, I made a 10 on 12'. I was like, 'a 10?!'
"He went through every shot - and I'm like, 'I know what you did, I've already seen it on the TV', but I just completely put my foot in my mouth and asked Tiger Woods how he made a 10."
