Tiger Woods’ final round at Augusta National on Sunday took a momentary backseat to another Masters legend once he arrived at the last few holes of the afternoon.
That’s where Verne Lundquist was posted up on his usual perch calling his 40th and final Masters tournament. The voice behind some of the most iconic scenes at Augusta is wrapping up his historic career this weekend and Woods was not about to let a rough day on the scorecard stop him from paying his respects.
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Unfortunately for the rest of us, that moment was obscured by one of Augusta’s giant trees.
We can only imagine what the two talked about and how Verne may have reacted to the gesture. Instead, we’re left with an image that’s already become a perfect meme: Tiger shaking hands with a tree.
Big Log https://t.co/EM8ja7rFoA
— – (@MylesHeinlein) April 14, 2024
When I ask for my receipt to be emailed instead of printed pic.twitter.com/LDjb8l3IXk
— Dylan Hornik (@_Hornik_) April 14, 2024
Tiger Woods shaking the hand of his favorite tree at Augusta. Nothing but class pic.twitter.com/tQa6LBPrDj
— Clem (@TheClemReport) April 14, 2024
i don’t know whether to laugh or cry at tiger and verne’s last masters moment looking like tiger emotionally shaking hands with a tree https://t.co/0ukDaSd89y
— Brian Floyd (@BrianMFloyd) April 14, 2024
Tiger’s favorite tree waving goodbye https://t.co/GAT4iCpLcN
— Mardy Fish (@MardyFish) April 14, 2024
Tiger Tree
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Woods pic.twitter.com/qdH9x2yoKF
— randrew (@DanFlashes99) April 14, 2024
a lot of people are making fun of this but it took that tree a lot of courage to walk up to his hero tiger woods and shake his hand pic.twitter.com/GlQPVbZ1E9
— jake fields (@jake_fields) April 14, 2024
