Tiger Woods Sings Perfectly into First Hole of PGA Championship
In honor of the iconic putt that Woods' holed on the 17th at TPC Sawgras sen route to winning the 2001 Players, tour officials are giving the hole special treatment
The replay has been shown so many times that an accurate count is impossible. (Millions feels right, but bajillions could be too. ) The call by Gary Koch is one of the most iconic in golf history.
(Tell me you haven’t uttered “Better than most” during a casual round, and I’ll tell you you’re lying. ) Tiger Woods’ sloping, slithering, serendipitous putt on the 17th green at TPC Sawgrass during the third round of the 2001 Players Championship is a shot that will never be forgotten. It’s only appropriate then that 25 years after it was struck, PGA Tour officials would commemorate the moment with a few special tributes during the third round of the 2026 Players Championship.
The most obvious step is use the same hole location this Saturday, five paces on, five paces from the left. The flag on top of the flagstick also has “Better than Most” stitched on it. More uniquely, the cup itself pays tribute to Woods and the putt.
“I think it’s safe to say you could hit that putt 50 times and make it only once,” Koch says after Woods buried the putt. Johnny Miller follows: “That was just another Tiger moment. One of the great long putts I’ve ever seen.