The Tiger Classic

As written by Ted Bauer...

The Masters starts today (here's the official ESPN The Magazine preview). One of the truest things our dad ever said: "Tournament is great and all, but how much will I care if Tiger Woods isn't within five strokes on Sunday?" It's fun when an underdog wins, but part of watching golf right now is watching for Tiger. Because we aren't golf experts, we decided to approach The Masters from a different angle: since Woods, like Peyton Manning, endorses virtually every product under the sun—we thought we'd rank the best Tiger Woods commercials of all-time. Now, sadly, we're not advertising experts either. We do, however, watch a lot of TV (inside info: there's some high-level stuff on ABC Family) and we know what we like. Tiger's been in some classic ads; here now is one attempt at ordering 'em.


Best ever commercial, you decide.

Here it is. Try to watch it and not cry. It's literally almost impossible. "I said 'Tiger, I promise you, you'll never meet a person as mentally tough as you in your entire life. And he hasn't. And he never will.'" Amazing. Sidebar question to debate with your friends: is this the best NIKE ad ever? Other candidates are here, here and here.