WINGED FOOT THE TOUGHEST,
SAYS TIGER (who must have
forgotten about Carnoustie '99)

What's the toughest course Tiger Woods has ever played?

Carnoustie, perhaps - where he finished joint seventh (and never broke par with rounds of 74, 72, 74 and 74 for 294), four shots behind Paul Lawrie, Jean Van de Velde and Justin Leonard in the 1999 Open?

No, the answer is Winged Foot, according to GolfWeek.

"I've never made it to Oakmont, but of all the tournaments I've ever played, no golf course was harder than Winged Foot,'' said Tiger.

Note from Editor: Soon after the Open at Carnoustie, I had the chance to speak to Butch Harmon who, at that time, was Tiger Woods' coach and good friend. Harmon told me that it wasn't the Carnoustie rough that beat his man - "Tiger just couldn't hole a putt over the four days."


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