Tiger's 2002 backup putter fetches $393,300 at auction
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[August 30, 2021]
(Reuters) - Tiger Woods' backup
putter from his sensational 2002 season has sold for $393,300,
Golden Age Golf Auctions said on Sunday.
The price paid for the Scotty Cameron putter has reportedly made it
the most expensive golf club ever sold.
The putter was personally produced by Cameron for Woods and comes
with a letter of authenticity.
Woods won five tournaments, including the Masters and the U.S. Open,
in 2002.
Fifteen-times major champion Woods practiced and experimented with
the putter but did not use it in competition, the auction house
said.
"There are only a handful of pieces of sports memorabilia that we
can be relatively certain will be collected for centuries - Babe
Ruth's (baseball) bat; Muhammad Ali's (boxing) gloves; Michael
Jordan's (basketball) shoes," the auction house said in a statement.
"When it comes to golf, there's one such item that we would add to
the list above all others - Tiger Woods' red dot Scotty Cameron
putter."
The putter Woods has used for the majority of his 15 major victories
is still in his possession and would fetch millions if it was to
ever go on the block, the auction house said.
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Tiger Woods of the U.S. walks up the 3rd
during a practice round REUTERS/Mike Segar
A differently designed backup putter
used by Woods sold for $155,000 more than a year ago.
Woods, 45, is still recovering from the multiple leg injuries he
suffered in a car crash in February near Los Angeles.
(Reporting by Rory Carroll in Los Angeles, editing by Pritha Sarkar)
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