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Article: Chasing history: ; Tiger takes aim at career grand slam as the British Open begins today
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- July 20, 2000
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ST. ANDREWS, Scotland - The day before Tiger Woods set out to
make history in the British Open, he decided to relive some. During
his final practice round Wednesday, Woods hit his drive to the front
edge of the green on the 352-yard ninth hole. Coach Butch Harmon
then jokingly gave him a replica of the gutta-percha ball used a
century ago.
Woods hit that one 113 yards shorter. He selected a 5-iron to
cover the 120 yards remaining to the flag, which proved to be too
much club.
Still, for those dreaming up ways to handicap the No. 1 player in
the world, consider this: Woods still made par.
Old Tom Morris used the gutta percha - a brown, molded rubber
ball with score lines across the surface - ...