Tiger Woods: Tiger’s Top 10 Greatest Career Shots

8. 1999 Memorial Tournament, 14th Hole, 4th Shot

Every golfer knows how much a duffed chip shot sucks, so it was perhaps surprising to see the great Tiger Woods flub one in a high-pressure situation at the 1999 Memorial Tournament.

Entering the final round with a two-shot advantage over Vijay Singh, Tiger was still poised to pick up win number nine when he found the rough over the back of the 14th green. Facing a daunting chip and a near-impossible up and down, Jack Nicklaus was commentating at the time and claimed that “double bogey is a real possibility.”

With his first chip travelling maybe three feet in front of him, Tiger had to completely refocus and face up to basically the same shot again except this time, an up and down would still be a bogey.

Any golfer knows how hard it is to hit a chip or pitch after flubbing one just moments earlier but for Tiger, it was nothing but a simple walk in the park.

Holing the next shot meant he would walk off 14 with an unbelievable par and would maintain his lead with just four holes remaining. This would lead to win number nine, and would be the first of three straight wins at Muirfield for Tiger.

This shot had it all: A high-pressure situation late on Sunday, maintaining a slim lead, the flubbed chip shot and the ability to refocus and hole the next one. These reasons are why this shot is No. 8 on my list.