"He told me about six months later. And my reaction? 'What the f---!'"

[underpants]

2000 US Open

But Woods was in no mood to take in the alluring vista. It was a Saturday morning, and he was completing the delayed second round of the 2000 U.S. Open. He had just hooked his tee shot into the ocean. And there was Woods, his hand held out, somewhat annoyed that Steve Williams had yet to give him a ball.

The caddie knew what the golfer didn't, and so he wanted Woods to hit another club. Woods was having none of it, steam coming off the water and out of Woods' ears.

The completion of the second round began early that morning. What Williams did not realize was that Woods had taken several balls out of his golf bag the night before to practice putting in his hotel room. Woods never put them back, and Williams didn't notice -- until Woods tossed one to a fan coming off a green. Now there were just two left.

"I wanted to go to that kid and ask him for the ball back,'' Williams said. "But I couldn't do it.''

https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/26902640/down-last-ball-how-tiger-avoided-disaster-won-2000-us-open-15

[exboyfil]

1. Kid can I have the ball back

I will have Tiger autograph it for you and get it back after the round.

[ProfessorGAC]

2. Not Getting The Drama

So he takes a 2 shot penalty and wins by eight instead of 10?
I get that it's unusual, but I don't see the impact
Then Steve starts talking about his boss's $ and gets fired.
With this event, was he worth the caddie $ he was getting?

[underpants]

3. That's true

but this was Saturday morning and he didn’t know what was ahead of him.