Tiger Woods Says ‘Tiger Slam’ Clubs Auctioned Off for $7M Aren’t Real
“They’re in my garage”
Though the Masters 2022 is in the rear-view mirror now, we can still keep the party going. A new golfing conspiracy theory involving Tiger Woods has recently grabbed everyone’s attention. Between 2000 and 2001, Woods won all four major championships in a row. On Saturday, the Tiger Slam clubs that were used during the performances were sold for US$ 5.16 or AU$ 7 million. Now, Woods has claimed that they aren’t real.
According to the official story, Tiger Woods gave those Tiger Slam clubs to Titleist’s vice president of player promotions, Steve Mata, about two months after he won the 2001 Masters. In 2010, Mata lost his job and needed money. So, he decided to sell those Tiger Slam clubs. The Tiger Slam clubs were put on eBay.
In 2010, Tiger Woods stated that he had the Tiger Slam clubs in his garage during a press conference. The auction was cancelled, and Mata got a lie detector test done (and some other documentation) with Green Jacket Auctions to ensure that the sale went through.
The auction house says that the Tiger Slam clubs were bought by Todd Brock, a Texas businessperson Todd Brock, who paid just USD$57,242 in 2010. He even displayed them in his Houston office.
Golden Age Golf Auction facilitated the sale to Brocks and now organized the recent sale on Saturday. The company claims that the clubs are authentic. They have cited a 2010 affidavit from Mata, the results of his polygraph test, a Golfweek magazine article from 2000 which matched the specs of the Tiger Slam clubs, and a 2020 statement from former Titleist Director Rick Nelson. He says he was present when Woods gave Mata the clubs.
Tiger Woods Tiger Slam clubs
The price of the Tiger Slam clubs is really astonishing. It is also the most expensive piece of golf memorabilia that has ever been sold at an auction. The clubs potentially once owned by Woods have shattered the previous record of USD$682,000 in 2013. The money was paid for the 1934 green jacket of Horton Smith.
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