Despite Witnessing Golf’s Greatest Ever Moment With Tiger Woods, Ex-Caddie Shockingly Snubbed It in Favor of a Greg Norman Shot in His Autobiography

Tiger Woods has been the driving force behind some of the most iconic shots in golf history. The 15-time Major Championship winner has romped his way with some exuberant hits that have captured an entire generation’s imagination. But who has been at hand to document each one of Woods’ magic in his most dominant years? It’s been Steve Williams, who caddied for the American stalwart during the latter’s most trophy-laden years.

But despite capturing his imagination with some wonderful stroke play, Williams doesn’t rank any of Woods’ shots as the greatest ever. In fact, his top choice goes to Greg Norman’s driver at the 1985 Australian Open, played at the Royal Melbourne Golf Club.

Tiger Woods overlooked as caddie picks Greg Norman’s shot as the best

Williams revealed his choice of what he considered the best shots he had seen in his autobiography, titled, ‘Out of the Rough: Inside the Ropes with the World’s Greatest Golfers’. The Kiwi caddie has been around a host of major championship winners in his time, most notably Tiger Woods and Greg Norman.

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Williams caddied for Norman from 1982 to 1989, while the former picked up bags for Woods in a 12-year spell that lasted till 2011. His time with the American superstar was a major highlight in his career, as Woods won a plethora of major championships during the first part of the millennium.

Most notably, he was at hand to witness one of golf’s greatest-ever moments at the 2005 Masters Tournament. A confident Woods’ chip-in on the 16th hole at the Augusta Masters was nothing short of a miracle, which is one of the most replayed shots in the history of golf.

But according to Williams, it was nowhere close to the best shot he’d seen in his celebrated career. Having caddied for Norman in the past, he picked the 67-year-old’s driver from the fairway on the 14th hole at the Royal Melbourne Golf Club back in 1985. He also provided his food for thought, considering the seemingly dubious opinion, backed by the match situation and his employer’s fearlessness.

Why did Williams rate Greg Norman’s shot better than Woods?

The 59-year-old mentioned the reasoning in his book itself. “The best shot I’ve ever seen in my life belongs to Greg Norman and typified Greg’s swashbuckling, daring approach to golf,” Williams wrote in his book. He then addressed the situation in the 1985 Melbourne Open, where Norman was tied for the lead in a competition reduced due to wild weather.

Williams detailed the events that followed on the 14th hole. “After a pure driver to the middle of the fairway of a long par-5 that played dead into the wind, I was stunned when Greg asked for the same club again in the fairway,” he mentioned. Norman pulled off a great shot to take a two-stroke lead, which he maintained till the last hole of the tournament.

“The reason that shot is so special is that I cannot think of any other player who would even try to play that shot, let alone make it…and that was one shot I never thought possible from Greg or any other golfer to this day,” Williams quoted, for which he ranked the shot better than any of Woods’.

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