Iron set Tiger Woods used to win 4 majors sells for record $5 million

The Titleist 681-T iron set that helped him win what is named the Tiger Slam bought for $5,156,162 at Golden Age Auctions. It shattered the beforehand reported file for golf memorabilia held by Horton Smith’s inexperienced jacket, which bought in 2013 for $682,000.

Todd Brock, a personal fairness investor from Houston, was the proprietor of the irons who put them up for public sale and says the cash produced from the public sale will now go towards his basis. Brock purchased the irons in 2010 for $57,242 when former Titleist vp of participant promotions Steve Mata bought them at public sale.

“I’ve had them for 12 years now, and I have not informed anyone that I owned them. They have been in a very nice body in my workplace and I am not an investor in memorabilia, so no person was seeing the irons,” Brock mentioned. “I’ve had the chance to see these for 12 years and it is like a Rembrandt, the place any person takes it to their fortress and it is by no means seen once more. I felt blessed that I obtained to hang around with them and take a look at them, but it surely’s time for any person else to do one thing greater and higher with them.”

Brock says he’s a Tiger Woods superfan, however the one different merchandise he had ever bought at public sale was a meet-and-greet with Garth Brooks. When the golf equipment got here up on the market, he thought he had a shot at proudly owning a holy grail and jumped on it.

On the time the golf equipment have been bought in 2010, Mata had submitted to a polygraph take a look at to show that the irons have been genuine. He handed the take a look at and Brock did some behind-the-scenes analysis himself, together with photograph comparisons, that made him consider the irons have been actual. Golden Age Auctions additionally photo-matched the irons to show authentication.

Woods memorabilia, together with most different memorabilia, has continued to rise in worth. In 2021, Golden Age bought certainly one of Woods’ backup Scotty Cameron putters for $393,000.