Amid the Ryder Cup Fever, a ‘Crazy Night’ Featuring Tiger Woods and a Bizarre Stanley Cup Moment Becomes a Grammy Award Winner’s Favorite Memory

The name Tiger Woods has resonated a lot in different industries and fields. That is the value that the golfer has managed to accumulate over the years with his hard work and determination for the game. And it won’t be surprising if another one comes up in the next second to surprise the golf community amid his absence from the game.

Well, this time around, it is an award-winning artist who has come forward again with one of his crazy stories. The Grammy-winning musician went ahead to recount the experience he had with the GOAT with a twist at the end—none other than the ol’ Stanley Cup!

Grammy-winning artist shares his experience with Tiger Woods and the Stanley Cup

Every so often, the story of Woods and the Stanley Cup ending up at the same club in East Lansing, Michigan, pops up. And, this time, it is the award-winning musician Darius Rucker himself who has recounted the story in an interview with KFC Radio. The event took place in a club known as Rick’s American Cafe in 1995, where the artist had gone to enjoy himself after a busy night.

Rucker mentions how he sang at the GOAT’s wedding and his father’s funeral while reminiscing about the friendship he had with Tiger. Going back to the beginning, the Hootie & the Blowfish singer explained how the band had decided to play at all these clubs that were to be canceled. They finally reached the fated cafe drunk after completing their gigs, where he saw a young Woods around 18 years of age.

The golfer, who was about to go to Stanford, had made a name for himself by then. The singer went ahead to introduce himself to the young prodigy, and they hit it off. “The party just started,” said Rucker as he reminisced about the wild night. And now, enter the Stanley Cup, in the hands of a former Michigan State hockey player who goes ahead to put it on the bar. The rest is nothing short of history, as the “crazy night” saw Woods drinking right out of the cup.

Although he has been missing out on the game for some time, including his absence from the Ryder Cup after 2018, Woods has managed to make his name known in the sporting world with a wonderful amateur career followed by a fantastic start to his professional one. He made his first PGA Tour Major appearance in the said year to become the only amateur to make the cut. His feats two years later are still unmatched to date. It’s time to take a quick peek at the same.

Woods created mind blowing history at a young age

The legend was able to win his first major in 1997 when he scored an 18-under 270, which crowned him the winner at the Masters Tournament. This win crowned him as the youngest to win a major in the history of golf at just 21 years of age. Following this, Tiger Woods went on to win the rest of the major championships by the age of 24, again making him the youngest player in the game to win a career Grand Slam.

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The American golfer won the PGA Championship in 1999 with a score of 277 (-11), the US Open in 2000 with a score of 12-under 272, and the 2000 Open Championship with a score of 269 (-19). Moreover, the golfer also had a stellar career before he turned pro in 1996, as he became the ninth player to win the Amateur Championships back-to-back as he defeated Buddy Marucci at the 1995 US Amateur.

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