The first time they met Tiger Woods?
Everyone has a story, or at least a remembrance. Ahead of The Match, TNT host Brian Anderson posed that question to Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas during a roundtable discussion with the four major champions.
McIlroy, Spieth and Thomas didn’t disappoint, with Rory recalling watching Tiger at the 2002 World Golf Championship in Ireland, JT getting a ball from Tiger at Torrey Pines as an eight-year-old and how Jordan seeing the coolest shot ever – Tiger’s chip-in at the 16th hole at the 2005 Masters – sealed the deal that golf would be his sport.
Here’s a closer look at what Rory, JT and Jordan had to say about their earliest encounters with Tiger.