Tiger Woods defeats Stephen Ames 9&8 at 2006 WGC-Dell Match Play

In the first round of the 2006 World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play, Tiger Woods set the record for the largest margin of victory with a 9&8 victory over Stephen Ames.
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The 64-player field is set, and the World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play is ready to return to the PGA TOUR schedule after being cancelled last season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Kevin Kisner returns to defend his title from 2019 and will face stiff competition as all of the top-10 golfers in the Official World Golf Ranking are teeing it up at Austin Country Club. Reigning FedExCup champion Dustin Johnson headlines the field, while Justin Thomas makes his first start since winning THE PLAYERS Championship. Twenty-two golfers will be making their Match Play debuts including TOUR winners Sungjae Im, Viktor Hovland and Matthew Wolff alongside major champion Collin Morikawa and Korn Ferry Tour Points leader Will Zalatoris.
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[@djfaceplant2076]

Man, you’re telling me I can go out and play match play against Tiger and not do any worse than a pro golfer.

[@owennielsen9792]

You could lose 10&8 technically😂

[@lanierguest8819]

Imagine how bad it would be if you played stroke play

[@MarkSmithhhh]

@@owennielsen9792 so you could only do slightly worse

[@TheArfdog]

That’s true although how would you feel as you quad bogey each hole to his birdie?

[@leftsidem5030]

In your wet dreams 😂😂

[@ReysBoomBoomRoom11]

'I think I did alright today, I think he understands now...' #Levels

[@teude]

Ames: “anything can happen, especially where he’s hitting the ball.” Tiger: "And I took that personally"

[@chezchezchezchez]

Wait, I didn’t watch the video. The tiger win?

[@oDyLaNx]

Hehehreuhrheurh get it? Like that one joke from that documentary that everybody makes can ALSO be applied here. Like the hundreds of other times you've seen this comment just like this about a similar situation but except here. Just like the other one you just saw, but here too. MEme's bro you wouldnt get it

[@robbstone1660]

“It was at that point...he knew he f’d up.”

[@chaseturknett]

Haha Tiger should have whispered in his ear “anything can happen right?” After the match

[@hughwilson4973]

By

[@GoFast865]

“I think I did alright today. I think he understands now.” RIP 🪦

[@benpietrzykowski9216]

😂😂😂such a savage

[@firerrhea1086]

Buried

[@nickj1855]

This Tiger Woods chap seems like a good player

[@chezchezchezchez]

I hope he has a future

[@dean.z3513]

@@chezchezchezchez exactly, what a young stud

[@dean.z3513]

@Ryan Marsden yea I can see that

[@pontusolssonPrivat]

@Voice Of Logic obviously you are joking but for what reason? its not funny so just stop it and get some help

[@dean.z3513]

@Voice Of Logic my b fam

[@mikebird5148]

I love how they post what Stephen said like a RIP tribute at the end lmao

[@TheArfdog]

And here is his tombstone

[@shishigamii]

This made me actually laugh out loud. Bravo sir!

[@tomspencer4371]

🤣

[@Apiranaturalfitness]

"Uh Yeah, I think he understands now"........Greatest checkmate line ever!

[@CrazyAboutVinylRecords]

Ames: “Anything can happen, especially where he’s hitting the ball.” Tiger: "9&8, Stephen."

[@dannyo512]

Like pistol whipping a blind kid...

[@DTB1995]

Lmfao

[@brandonharlow6511]

1 dislike.....Stephen is that you??

[@Real28]

Reporter: Was some kind of inspiration outside of loving match play? Tiger: Oh yea, there certainly was. Stephen provided it. 911, Id like to report a homicide.

[@BatMan-xr8gg]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍

[@bagpussmacfarlan9008]

911, ambulance needed, first degree burns

[@danajones731]

😂😂😂😂

[@LaidBackGolf]

i love how tiger handles the interview at the end. such a GOAT. he is nice, but like sarcastic AF. he is thinking something like lol that d bag

[@DiscoStfu]

"I think he understands now" DAMN!!!!!

[@jnicemint]

Outstanding golfer, yes. “Nice guy”, no.

[@jacklempke7779]

This just never gets old.

[@olenpamela]

"I think he understands now" XD

[@grahamoreilly1981]

Brilliant 😂😂

[@SoldierPrince]

"Think he understands now."... 😂. It's like an understatement but it's not. What a moment created almost at total will. That's Boss Walk.

[@tonygville2969]

Son, if you are going to be Dumb, you better be Tough 😂

[@williamhemphill8571]

Tiger never broke 60 on tour, if he had played 18 that day he probably would have

[@tutteturunen6822]

hes done multiple times 9 holes like this but everytime he and others usually get cold second nine

[@ccVIKINGS20]

This is the most disrespectful thing I’ve ever seen 😂

[@looks4stuff121]

Tiger: I think he understands now. savage. thus endith the lesson.

[@maxcaysey2844]

He played some of his best golf ever. Its really unfortunate this wasnt stroke play, it could have been close to a round of 60!

[@teejay6320]

He was -7 through 9 bro, fair to say 60 would have been the worst he would shoot.

[@StaffandStormcloud]

Oh man, Tiger not giving Ames anything, even after he started to destroy him! Ahaha. What a character, the both of them. I wonder how they're both doing these days?

[@michaelmui699]

Tigers in the hospital with a shattered leg

[@GinjaSpud]

@@michaelmui699 at home**

[@micahhardman3183]

He Ripped Ames a new a$$ hole.

[@SoldierPrince]

@@micahhardman3183 That, or he stretched out his preexisting one by dropping a birdie in it.

[@okolekahuna3862]

That's insane to not only win every hole but birdieing almost every hole.

[@Scatterpattern]

He didn’t win every hole, that would be 10&8

[@loganarchibald3608]

Tiger is looking swole in this video

[@jamesmocket1825]

even the commentators clowning on ames😂 “he won’t open his mouth so readily next time😂”

[@pb12661]

that's what we used to refer to as a drubbing.

[@NickWuebker]

They say keep your words soft & sweet cause you may have to eat them, and Tiger shoved Ames words down his throat.

[@Abdullah_Chill]

😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂7:43 "I think he understands now"

[@cherryblossom3046]

Never, ever, tease or belittle THE TIGER, Ames, or you will get bit! Hope u learned never to trash talk or understimate any opponent, let alone, TIGER WOODS! YOU DESERVED EVERY TITTER BY EVERYBODY THROUGHOUT THE MATCH! You got roughed up by the annoyed ferocious Tiger you ruffled! Lesson learned by you, Ames! 😂😂😂

[@DanielSong39]

Stephen Ames' career reached new heights after this defeat, he won the PLAYERS Championship the following month and won 2 more PGA Tour tournaments after that

[@MWayne-zz1cr]

He was extra motivated after receiving such an epic beatdown.

[@TheArfdog]

Playing the other ordinary golfers was child’s play after such a lesson.

[@DanielSong39]

@@TheArfdog Actually the PLAYERS Championship is the toughest field in all of golf

[@pottymonsert560]

“I think he understands now”

[@iCandyGB]

Ames just got a huge shout out with this video posting. W in my books.

[@micahhardman3183]

🏌️‍♂️ There was no beating Tiger back then.

[@CaptainProspect007]

I sure tope Tiger recovers and we see him on the course again.... It'll be a sad day when he has to give up Golf; The mans a legend.

[@dudefood825]

Here Stephen, hold this L for me.

[@zcmini000]

Ames never picked up a golf club again after this

[@micahhardman3183]

He went back to Kmart and returned his entire set.

[@sethsmith6042]

What's funny is he won the players earlier that year

[@DanielSong39]

Actually he won the PLAYERS Championship the following month and won two more tournaments after that

[@sethsmith6042]

@@DanielSong39 Yeah you're right my bad

[@shelloshello19]

@@DanielSong39That’s the crazy thing, it’s not like Ames was a total scrub. But he got a little too clever in the media and Tiger went inferno on him.

[@plutoniumrocket]

Any one of us could've done just as good against Tiger that day. We certainly couldn't have done any worse.

[@pictogene]

There is a possibility of a worse crash at 10&8 though... Lol

[@WCGreeny]

As a Canadian and one of those people who rooted against Tiger in the 00s, I was super excited before this match. I was much less excited during and after the match. Like, "Jesus Christ, he's doing it again".

[@perserverance333]

Seriously? Who in their right mind would ever say such a thing, not only to Tiger, but to any opponent before the event?

[@MWayne-zz1cr]

To absolute prime Tiger, no less. Tiger won 6 tournaments in a row that year, and two majors on top of that.

[@azapro911]

Peter O'Malley and Nick O'Hern are proof that the way to beat Tiger is quietly.

[@mphommopi3728]

Reporters are messy. Got that man slaughtered

[@John_Wood_]

9&8? Stevie must have managed a half somewhere...

[@GreenDistantStar]

"I think he understands now." OK, Boss.

[@ahol9120]

Need to change the old saying don't poke the bear to don't poke the Tiger!

[@bill_gregg]

“And I took this personally.”

[@thenumberquelve158]

It's like one of the prerequisites to be the GOAT of any sport is, any time somebody talks down to you, it gives you an insane power boost.

[@chineseboy3124]

the one dislike is stephen ames

[@JohnKimble-k8z]

"I think he understands now" 😂😂

[@jazzyethan]

Steven became a Canadian after this matchup

[@makeitrainepoker6355]

This match basically ended Ames' career and life.

[@DanielSong39]

He won the PLAYERS Championship the following month

[@pb12661]

@@DanielSong39 He was, honestly, not much of a player (in the grand scheme of things). You've gotta be good to win but his "heyday" was relatively short.

[@williamgray9692]

@@pb12661 id take his hayday any day of the week

[@patkanji7173]

Luv how tiger is in the fairway and hit a tree and Ames is in the rough first hole lmao

[@Cfullerrrr]

Imagine he got to continue to the back. 56 watch 😂

[@dbo4506]

“I think he understands now” 😂😂😂

[@benpietrzykowski9216]

I mean Stephen was not even outta pocket , woods is just a monster 😂

[@WisconsinMinnesotaGolf]

0:30 Famous last words for Ames

[@euphonos5389]

1:37 - Augusta revisited!

[@dalesuddeth5294]

thats what you get for running your mouth!...tiger blistered his A$$

[@TheAyoonx]

Legend has it that stephen ames guy was never to be heard of again.. lol (scarred)

[@micahhardman3183]

He is a traveling gypsy they say...

[@tomspencer4371]

Blessed to grow up watching this guy. 🐐 🐅

[@donaldverrill6036]

Didn't Ames say the day before the match tiger puts his pants on the same way I do.

[@kylelynch7173]

After all is said and done he still makes excuses

[@ericl9781]

He knows now

[@kirklandmyers9583]

I love how the commentators are hating on Ames and love tiger

[@Flosseveryday]

Fr! The discussion amongst them was entertaining.

[@hoyt3536]

That was worst drubbing ever, lol.

[@stephenharper1009]

“Yall want to see a dead body”

[@jeremeymiller3406]

“I think he understands now.” 🤣🤣

[@brewster102]

I still remember Ames saying after the match "wait a second Tiger, best two out of three?"

[@luigihoratio5101]

Ames got totally annihilated.

[@loganarchibald3608]

This tiger kid is pretty good, I’d say he wins 1 or 2 majors one day

[@Scatterpattern]

Ah good this comment again. How hilarious and original

[@oadynohtna]

Lame

[@Doc903]

@@oadynohtna Ah, another individual with little to no sense of humor.

[@shakeyfly]

That club twirl on 6th.

[@leftsidem5030]

Ames..was never seen again

[@willstuart4504]

Lol ... Tiger who is almost always gracious when talking about the opponent he's just played or beat, seemed to have enjoyed this SCHOOLING more than average. Tbh, why on EARTH would you say something like that to and about the GOAT, in the middle of one of his most dominant seasons ever..?? Like Tiger said, I think he understands now...😂😂😂

[@beckyhenkel7917]

Ames forgot that he was talking to a master!

[@leifopstad2972]

4:41 best shot of them all

[@blakewood2079]

“I think he understands now” is just such a gangster line 😂 like, yeah now he knows what it means to be called the GOAT, and to play against the GOAT. Keep ur mouth shut lmaoooo

[@chr970]

Glad Ames took this approach. Seems like most would be afraid to say it. “ Tigers the best in the world, no one is going to beat him. He will beat me in this match.” What’s the point in saying that? Go out and say, “ I’ll beat him.” Never mind “he got schooled , ...he showed no respect,...he knows now...” Monty was always afraid of tiger and basically said it. Stephen did what he should have. Didn’t work out ( which is not a surprise) but as a competitor, you don’t bow down to your opponent, you take them on. If Tiger were to play Stephen today I’m sure he would say the same thing, even though most likely Ames would win now.

[@lukewalker8491]

He hit 1 fairway? Aymes was talking about his wayward driving not his powers of recovery

[@lolforlifeke4263]

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[@mojoriley4712]

This is the wrestling equivalent of Stephen running his mouth about Woods in a recent promo on RAW then be put in a gantlet match by Vince for an opportunity at the WWE Title currently held by Woods.They're 5 opponents for Ames each a progressively stronger version of the previous, i'm rooting for Woods!!

[@Therealgordongekko]

The last thing I would ever do is give tiger ammunition. If it were me I would’ve said “he’s the greatest player in the world right now and I just hope to keep pace… Do I think I have a chance? Sure I do, we are all good out here he’s just the greatest and I can’t wait to compete against the greatest“. Instead of Steven Ames calling him spoiled and saying he can’t hit the ball straight. What an idiot

[@knightriderkitt3000]

Best example of humble pie being crammed down ones throat.

[@BatMan-xr8gg]

Time to speak, time to shut up. Ames chose to speak when he should have shut up. Never upset a Tiger, they bite back hard.

[@jknoodle]

while Ames used his mouth, Tiger used his skills to show his game. only losers and con men use their mouths to show off their 'game'

[@itzamadio34]

Think Ole Stevie boy slept on the couch that night..no soup for you

[@method341]

This is my least favourite Tiger swing

[@sammiller7543]

@@clownpusher9760 😭😭😭😭

[@167kinggam]

You still don't understand yet?

[@28russ]

Yeah, and where he's hitting it is in the hole with less shots than you mate. haha

[@curtisschneider9937]

Did I witness a gimme at 2:30 ? Someone explain, please.

[@AndyGinny1]

“He understands now” … finish him

[@NewyGolfKid84]

PGA tour just dunking on this guy bro😂😂😂

[@marietaylor5174]

Ames hasn't been right since the match! That was a costly statement.

[@garyroberts3859]

In the 1978 Club Championship final at Croydon Golf club I beat my opponent 9 & 8...but it was over 36 holes

[@bmos212]

Beat the brakes of Stephen Ames. WOW!!!

[@ernestolupercio3168]

Tiger still wears pants/jeans that wide till this day. 🤣

[@仲村裕紀]

オー！　タイガー　美しい振る舞い

[@timezup8637]

Alrighty then!

[@johnkurtz7705]

Go tiger

[@imPiddle]

Poor guy

[@jseverson123]

P

[@el_duderino_man]

Tiger would have shot the course record that day. That was Tiger's A-game on full display.

[@jdhrap]

-8 thru 10. Par out and it’s a 64. Par-birdie-par-birdie etc = 60.

[@Stewwwwww]

Best year of his golfing career by far

[@canyounot5598]

Let me introduce you to 2000 Tiger Woods. That was like watching a walking cheat code.

[@apmm4209]

9&8 how demoralising! I beat a guy once 9&8 in matchplay, he didn't shake my hand and walked straight off the course 😊 golf isn't always a gentleman's game !