On the morning of November 24 (Vietnam time), the “billion dollar” golf battle between Tiger Woods
and Phil Mickelson took place at Shadow Creek golf course in Sin City Las Vegas (USA) after half a year of planning. .
The first “challenge” in golf history, just like boxing or MMA, between the winners of a total of 19 major titles and prize money of up to 9 million dollars, attracted special attention.
The winner receives all the prize money, the loser goes home empty-handed. To help Woods and Mickelson stay motivated, the organizers also decided to place $9 million in cash on the field when the match took place.
Many people compare this to a match with a total value of more than $2 billion because in addition to the $9 million prize money,
“Wooden Tiger” Tiger Woods has earned $1.5 billion in prize money during his career. Star Phil Mickelson also owns assets of $665 million.
As expected, the match was breathtaking, evenly matched until hole 18. After scoring birdie, Woods suddenly “generously” announced
that Mickelson did not need to make a shot on the green hill (3 strokes remaining) to pull. match to the play-off series. However, the 42-year-old legend had to regret this decision because Mickelson sublimated to win on the 4th extra hole.
The mark of the great war is also the interesting bets between the two golfers, the winnings are transferred to the charity of their choice. Despite failing in the birdie challenge (hitting 1 stroke less than the standard number of strokes) on hole 1, Mickelson won all 3 challenges of teeing closer to the flagpole on hole 5 (bet 100,000). dollars), loss 7 ($200k) and loss 13 ($300k).
The exciting climax was the bet of up to $1 million on the challenge to win an eagle (2 strokes less than the standard number of strokes) on hole number 9 but no one won.
For golf lovers, the match result is not as important as the feeling of nostalgia for the competitions between the two greatest figures in history in the past.
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Source: Los Angeles Times
