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The Western Amateur was second only to the U.S. Amateur in prestige. It is played in Benton Harbor, Michigan, and is a grueling affair; the field plays seventy-two holes, Colonial Golf Tournament tickets then cuts to sixteen players who conclude the tournament with a match-play format. Tiger reached the sweet sixteen, and then advanced to the quarter-finals, where he played Chris Tidland, of Placentia, California. Tidland, an Oklahoma State junior, was an accomplished player with whom Woods had frequently played in junior golf circles in Southern California. Through twelve holes, Tiger was 4 up and victory seemed imminent. Geo Washington Colonial tickets But when Tidland birdied the final six holes, Colonial Golf tickets Tiger was required to birdie two of them to stay even; this sent the match into overtime. Each player had shot the equivalent of a 65. On the second extra hole, Colonial Golf Tournament tickets Tidland made another birdie, his seventh in eight holes. But Tiger trumped it with an eagle for a victory in what must qualify as one of the more remarkable amateur matches in history. Tiger went on to win the event, defeating Chris Riley of San Diego, 2 and 1, in the final, Colonial Golf Tournament tickets for his third straight victory on the national amateur level. He treasured this victory more than most: he had defeated established amateurs rather than juniors, and it had been on a difficult course.

Before he could proceed down to Florida for the U.S. Amateur, there was the small matter of qualifying for the event, a thirty-six whole affair scheduled for the next day at Western Hills Country Club in Chino Hills, California. He was flying home with his father that night out of Chicago, Colonial Golf Tournament tickets a ninety-minute drive from Benton Harbor. Because they were delayed in heavy traffic, Colonial Golf tickets they missed the flight. The next and last flight home that night had been oversold. They put their names on the standby list, and when their names were called they were mistakenly given boarding passes that should have gone to another couple with the same last name. When the airline recognized its error, Tiger and Earl politely surrendered their seats. Geo Washington Colonial tickets now they were certain that Tiger would miss amateur qualifying the next day. But the airline personnel, Colonial Golf Tournament tickets impressed with the gracious manner in which the Woodses responded, moved them to the top of the standby list, Colonial Golf tickets and eventually they were given seats. Tiger was exhausted the next morning, but he made his tee time, then shot 66-69 to become the low qualifier. Geo Washington Colonial tickets everything in the summer of '94 seemed to be turning in his favor.

It was with this kind of momentum that he entered the U.S. Amateur on the Stadium Course at the TPC at Saw grass, Colonial Golf Tournament tickets site of the PGA Tour's Players Championship each spring. Woods had won three straight prestigious amateur events and in each one had contributed at least one round or match to tournament lore. This added to his already considerable reputation. It was apparent that he was on the threshold of establishing himself, Geo Washington Colonial tickets at eighteen, as the best amateur in the world. He only needed a victory in the U.S. Amateur to stake a claim. Tiger tended to focus on his game's flaws and to work tirelessly to eliminate them. His best was never good enough. Colonial Golf Tournament tickets when he measured himself against his vision of perfection, he felt he had not actually played so well that summer. Colonial Golf tickets "I'm just getting up and down, and kind of salvaging rounds," he told reporters. "The only time I ever had my A game was the one day at the Pacific Northwest Amateur, in the final.