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‘Tiger Woods’ iconic Scotty Cameron on the auction block’ – GolfWRXers discuss
In our forums, our members have been discussing a backup putter for Tiger Woods that is currently being auctioned off at Golden Age Golf Auctions. Per the auction’s description:
“Offered here is one of Tiger Woods’ actual Scotty Cameron Newport II putters from 2001 – produced by Scotty for Tiger himself in the midst of the Tiger Slam. Now, this was not the putter that Tiger used to win 14 of his 15 Major Championships; that putter is still owned and frequently used by Tiger. Golden Age’s Ryan Carey was interviewed last year for a piece on the Golf Channel with Tiger, and Ryan valued that putter at $3 million-$5 million. The offered putter is what’s famously known as a Tiger Woods “backup” – a putter produced for Tiger to practice with and experiment with should he decide to switch putters, or should something happen to the original putter and a backup needed to be called into duty.
According to Scotty Cameron, he only produced 1 or 2 “backup” putters for Tiger each year they worked together. Tiger would often try out the backups, and even practice with them to ensure they were to his liking, but (so the legend goes) Tiger only used his one trusty gamer in actual tournament play.”
With ten days remaining on the auction, the blade’s current leading bid is over $30k, and our members have been discussing the auction and putter in our forums.
Here are a few posts from the thread, but make sure to check out the entire discussion and have your say at the link below.
- iBanesto: “If the backup putter is worth that much, how much would the original be?!”
- gioguy21: “I’m thankful to have seen and felt his backup putter in my own eyes/hands. while not the original…it’s still pretty damn cool.”
- Emthree: “Newman’s Daytona went for $17.8m. I think Tiger Woods to golf is bigger than Paul Newman to horology but would argue there are more serious players in the watch game than the golf memorabilia one.”
Entire Thread: “Tiger Woods’ iconic Scotty Cameron on the auction block”
Neal Shipley was the first to admit that he enjoyed his food while in college. But since his days at Ohio State, he’s slimmed down and earned a PGA Tour Card.
That hasn’t stopped him from having fun with his wedge stampings, though it’s led to some misunderstandings.
On the 54 (degree), we have ‘Big Fudge,'” Shipley told GolfWRX. “It was supposed to be ‘Big Fridge,’ so this happened a little while ago. ‘Big Fridge’ was a nickname between my college teammates and I, with ‘fridge’ meaning stomach, a big stomach.
“We told the Ping guys to put … ‘Big Fridge’ on it, and I think maybe some bad cell service or something, and they thought I said ‘fudge,’ so they put fudge on it.”
On Shipley’s 50-degree he also continues the food theme, this time with his go-to order at the “Golden Arches,” and his stamping “DONS 7.”
“The number 7 meal, the two cheeseburger meal, that was my McDonald’s order, back when I would have McDonald’s frequently,” Shipley shared.
At GolfWRX, we are a community of like-minded individuals who all experience and express our enjoyment of the game in many ways.
It’s that sense of community that drives day-to-day interactions in the forums on topics that range from best driver to what marker you use to mark your ball. It even allows us to share another thing we all love – buying and selling equipment.
Currently, in our GolfWRX buy/sell/trade (BST) forum, @raw10628 has a L.A.B. DF3 putter and Masters putter cover up for grabs.
From the listing: “Some great items here today, time to thin out and make room for next set of gear. All prices include shipping.
LAB DF3 Purple 33.5” 68° lie with TPT – $725. LAB Masters release DF3 cover – $150.”
To check out the full listing in our BST forum, head through the link. If you are curious about the rules to participate in the BST Forum, you can learn more here: GolfWRX BST Rules
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John
Sep 16, 2020 at 9:07 am
More overpriced SC Junk..
ski_co
Sep 16, 2020 at 8:59 am
Maybe Tiger will buy it – the old one has run out of putts.
G
Sep 16, 2020 at 10:14 am
Hahaha. Great comment!