Tiger Woods’ ‘Tiger Slam’ golf golf equipment from 2000 and 2001 bought at public sale for over $5 million

Tiger Woods’ profession could also be winding down, however his standing within the recreation is as excessive as ever – and that’s possible the explanation why a historic set of his golf equipment bought at public sale for over $5 million.

Woods is a 15-time main champion and one of many all-time greats of the game who has completed greater than most to elevate golf to the extent it’s at now.

His first main got here on the Masters in 1997 and profession highlights are all over the place.

However one of the crucial memorable was when he accomplished the ‘Tiger Slam’ between 2000 and 2001.

Woods picked up the US PGA Championship, US Open and Open Championship in 2000, and the next April he gained a second Masters crown to carry all 4 majors on the similar time.

He achieved that feat utilizing a set of Titleist irons, and Texas businessman Todd Brock put them up for public sale this yr.

The bidding began at $25,000, however the hammer got here down at an astounding $5.16m.

That earned Brock an enormous revenue, as he purchased them in 2010 for $57,000.

The $5.16m value makes them the costliest piece of {golfing} memorabilia ever bought. The earlier report was for a inexperienced jacket owned by two-time Masters winner Horton Smith which bought for $680,000.

Whereas it’s an astounding determine, it’s nonetheless dwarfed by the $8.95m that was paid for the shirt Diego Maradona wore when he scored the ‘Hand of God’ objective for Argentina towards England on the World Cup in 1986.