European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 6, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday april 6 2007 and stripes Page 39 1997 tigers Victory signalled new Era on pea tour 1997 from Back Page Faldo i remember we both went out in 40 he was in the Trees to the left i was in the Trees to the right the rest is a blur Harmon everyone said this is much ado about nothing i didst see anything on the front nine that i thought was bad it was one of those nine holes where nothing happened and every time something could go wrong it went wrong but he turned it around immediately Woods All of a sudden on 91 hit a Good putt for bogey from 3 feet and it Felt really Good then i hit a Good 2iron on no 10 like i had been hitting at Home i said left keep the feeling of the swing keep the feeling of the putt and see if i can marry that up for nine holes and see if i can get Back to even Par for the Day Faldo he had played the Mas ters before but this was his first As a professional we All thought thought you needed experience what was impressive was the Back nine he whittled away and gets Back in 30 he chipped in for Birdie on no 12 and who knows that might have changed everything for him was soon As he hit it i looked at my Caddie and said holy that exactly what i said that How shocking it was it was the easiest 66id Ever seen Paul Azinger on Tiger Woods second round at the 1997 masters Friday april 11 Woods is paired in the second round with Azinger who opened with a 69 Azinger never had seen Woods play and rarely watches anyone in Bis group he  resist on the par5 second Hole Azinger i turned to my cad die Mark Jimenez and i said 1 heard this Guy hits it a mile left see if he hits it Over the Bunker you know How High the Pine Trees Are on the left his Ball is 7 to 8 feet right of the Trees just under Neath the tree line As soon As he hit it i looked at my Caddie and said holy that s exactly what i said How shocking it was it was the easiest 66 id Ever seen Woods wound up with a three shot Lead Over Montgomerie who had twice lost in a playoff at majors Montgomerie appreciated How far Woods hit the Ball but he said after the round that the pressure was mounting Ive got experience a lot More experience in major Golf than he has Montgomerie said that Day and hopefully i can prove that Woods was Back at Bis House when he saw the comments on television Woods i totally understand his Point which is totally valid but i kept saying to myself he Hast won one either How can you make this statement when he Hast won one hed won the order of Merit but hed never won a major so the ultimate experience neither one of us had i think it was a Blank slate its a push now who playing better saturday april 12 Woods was Wall size Iraq map updated All installations and fobs get yours in the Friday april 6 your Hometown newspaper Rob Tiger Woods left plays a practice round at Augusta National with Mark Omeara on wednesday Woods fired a 59 while playing with Omeara a week before blowing the Field away in the 1997 masters playing better he shot 65 finish ing his round with an approach that spun off the fringe to 4 feet for Birdie and a nine shot Lead a record at the masters Montgomerie shot 74 and surprisingly made a visit to the press Center where he delivered a memorable line a year after Greg Norman blew a six shot Lead Montgomerie said there was no Way humanly possible Way Woods could lose the masters Valdos not lying second he said and Greg Norman is not Tiger Woods Montgomerie he never missed a putt from 8 feet when i played with him you have this sort of length at the masters and youve got them All Day youve got them for Par youve got them for Good shots in for Birdie he never missed yes he hit it Miles and straight but theres a lot More to Tiger Woods than that we All know that a lot More to him and i found out that Day Woods saturday night with dad he and i were just sitting there past Midnight and we were just rapping he said Tou know if s going to be the most important round of your life but you can handle it just go out there and do what you do just get in your own Little world and go out there and just thrash pm sunday april 13 Faldo who had missed the Cut was sitting on the Bench outside the clubhouse sunday morning waiting for the tournament to end so he could present the Green jacket to the Winner camera Crews were Mill ing about in the parking lot Leherty it was my first Mas ters and i was still wondering what the hell i was doing there that was when we started to at tack players before the round on their Way into the clubhouse my whole career hinged on getting Tiger Woods to say a few words into the camera he stepped out of the car and and i had never seen that look in my life he looked radioactive it was like he had a Force Field around him like i could hit him in the head with a baseball Bat and it  reach his head i thought who needs this career because there was no Way i was going to go near him Barrow i remember coming on the air sunday and picking up Costantino Rocca and Tiger hitting their second shots on no 5 of hgr than a rain delay that was the furthest wed Ever gone Back to show live Golf at Augusta i told our Guys that morning were going to walk every step with Tiger Woods i kept telling myself All Day if i Birdie the Par 5s and make no bogeys nobody can catch me Ive got top big of a Lead so dont do anything stupid what do i do i made bogey on 5 with a 9iron in my hand i said enough of this i got it Back with the Birdie on 8 that was huge because it got the Romej Jav turn Back on my Side Cowan two shots really stood out that week one was a Chip on the 13th Hole saturday from be Hind the Green with the pin on the top shelf and the other was 8 on sunday Hes behind the Mounds on the left the pin is Short right he would have done Well to get that about 10 or 12 feet from the Hole he bits it in there about 4 feet and makes Birdie Woods came to the 72nd Hole with a 12shot Lead needing a Par to set the masters scoring record a camera went off on Bis swing and he pulled the Ball Well to the left he still Only had 9iron to the Green which he hit about 40 feet from the Hole Woods i haunt three putted All week and i left myself with the hardest two putt on the to play 71 holes at Augusta with the Lead and without a three putt in your first major As a pro i kept saying Why  you hit it to the right the entire time i was chewing myself out meanwhile trying to smile trying to enjoy the moment but also chewing Myser out stay focused get the Speed right i cant believe you did this get the Speed right Why  you hit it to the right he rolled it 4 feet away holed the Par putt and punched the air with a now famous uppercut then he walked off the Green an into the arms of his father Earl Woods both breaking Down in tears Woods when i hugged him on 18 looking Back at it now i could not have won the tournament without him