A lot of people will remember where they were when Tiger Woods won the Masters in 2019. That includes Corey Conners, who decided once his fourth round at Augusta had finished to go out and watch. adam_stanley on a whirlwind two weeks for the Canadian:
Equally awesome, Conners said, was how he got to tee it up last week. It was a bonus, he said, but at one point during the tournament, he was leading a Masters that Tiger Woods would go on to win.
He was with a few friends on 18, and after Woods teed off they walked around to the right side of the fairway, near the big scoreboard that three days ago had his own last name on top. He didn’t see Woods’ par attempt, but felt the crowd pulse when Woods made his short bogey. Woods had won. Now Conners is both part of a generation of PGA Tour regulars inspired by Woods, and someone who needs to contend against the 82-time PGA Tour winner. And Woods’ win wasn’t the only big moment for Conners at last week’s Masters. He had a whole handful of them.
Wednesday, Conners played a practice round with Adam Long and Andrew Landry before participating in the Par-3 Contest, wife Malory on his bag. By that point, many of golf’s biggest names, including Jordan Spieth, Gary Player and Fred Couples, had congratulated him.
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