A panel of 15 golf writers were asked to vote on the top five Masters in history. They are being republished this week because the Masters has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The 1997 Masters was voted No. 2. The following story moved on was on April 13, 1997. ___ By RON SIRAK AP Golf Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Young, gifted, a black man in a white man’s game, Tiger Woods seemed too good to be true.
At the Masters, he was even better than advertised. In one of those rare instances when reality exceeds expectation, Woods won by a record 12 strokes Sunday at Augusta National Golf Club and suddenly the notion that he might be the greatest golfer ever doesn’t seem far-fetched.