Tiger Woods vs. Stephen Ames: 2006 WGC - Dell Match Play Highlights

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 win over Stephen Ames.
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[@rob9961]

"I think he understands now" - 🐐🐐🐐

[@alexjordanofficial1116]

THE. best all time burn.

[@calebransom9253]

Haha I laughed so hard to that.

[@winamuyunda1182]

Daaaaamn! He really did understand after.. Buuurn

[@vincentpennix4618]

🐐 ish ish every

[@tariqmohamed]

cooooooold blooooded

[@olaslife]

“So you’re 5 down and you’re laying up aye?!” Lol

[@stevenwilliamson5405]

The other announcer was like I'm not sure he's trying to lay up, I think it's all he really can do with his skill set.... Haha.

[@100handicapper]

Thank you Stephen Ames. Your statements brought out the best in the world's fiercest competitor. You did the one thing you never do to any athlete of that level when they are out of form: you gave him something to play against beside his own demons. For that, you forever have our gratitude.

[@beckyhenkel7917]

Let's switch on our brains before we set off our mouths in gear!

[@timothywright567]

It's like when Kobe was in high school and the guys on the other team were saying they could contain him together. Lolol.

[@michaelnicholls8527]

I think he understands now

[@patricksheridan9131]

Cold blooded

[@morgancross5481]

One of the all-time great beat downs.

[@zacharymeece2456]

I remember Rory Sabbatini saying he wanted Tiger one time. Apparently he didn't watch this match

[@beckyhenkel7917]

@@zacharymeece2456 And Garcia

[@lrn_news9171]

@@beckyhenkel7917 Y E Yang actually did beat Tiger in 2009 lol

[@trvrshoe4518]

5 wood out of thick rough, driver off deck, 7 birdies, that many one putts as well. this is why Tiger is the best.

[@nikolausglatz346]

Ye Nicklaus can't do any of that... goat

[@mrk.dilkington]

"Tiger hits a tree and still outdrives Ames.." 😂😂

[@MacHoodio]

With a 3 wood too

[@ryanlacey777]

Thank you PGA tour for airing this Bully Beatdown

[@desean3402]

The most thorough beating I’ve seen since I borrowed my dads car without permission

[@ryancopp6437]

Drive on 6 @ 11:25 might be the most gangster swing I’ve ever seen

[@davidalexlife]

There will never be another. What a great time to be alive and experience the energy of prime Tiger Woods.

[@Hittingitsolid]

Hard to believe Ames is 55 now and won the Players Championship in that same year. I bet he wanted to forget that match, and the everyone just gets a reminder!

[@MrYoshi-ly6me]

Reminds me of when players would talk trash to Jordan and then later get humiliated.

[@jeffhuesgen3979]

Dude: What’s going on Judy? Judy 15:04 “ well of course Ames had to lay up. LOL😄😂😅

[@shaihasani6859]

Tiger subtle dig: “ I think I did alright today. I think he understands now.” Savage

[@peterj1825]

I think his other dig that's more ruthless is Stephen made some mistakes that gave me a few holes. Basically, I didn't have to drop anything out there at points lol

[@tcramesgaming4768]

Legend has it Stephen Ames like J.B. Holmes is still playing this round.

[@avigrett1484]

I feel you

[@joakimfredriksson3889]

Have heard of this match many times but not seen it until now, very enjoyable 😁

[@bullwinklemoose8291]

I remember this...the quote Ames made went out over the news wires like wild fire. Before the match started, everyone was curious how Tiger would respond and...boy-o-boy did he did respond. Although this video is just a snippet of Tiger's career, it captures just who he was in his prime. Tiger was probably the fiercest competitor I've ever seen. Michael Jordan may have been his only equal in all of history of professional athletics. Besides being the best of their era, what set both of them apart from generations of athletes is how the higher the heat, the better they performed...and they did it over and over and over. In this case, even though Stephen Ames tried to walk back his words immediately after they came out, it lit a fire under Tiger and what did he do? Made 7 birdies in 10 holes and set a record that still stands. Simply amazing. Just another feather in the cap of the greatest competitor I've ever seen in my 64 years of watching pro sports.

[@Nuggetsin4]

No actually what Ames said was twisted by the media lol, stop spreading misinformation, thanks

[@bullwinklemoose8291]

@@Nuggetsin4 what Ames said is quoted on screen at 2:08, so no twisting by Golf Channel. At 18:20, Tiger states in the post match interview in no uncertain terms that he used what Ames said as pre-match motivation, so I don't know what part of this video or my comment you think is misinformation, but it's all right here for anyone to see and judge for themselves.

[@Nuggetsin4]

@@bullwinklemoose8291 lol Stephen Ames said in an interview that he talked to tiger after and said the media had twisted what he said and Tiger said “no worries, they do that to me all the time”. Please stop believing everything you read just because.

[@cherryblossom3046]

@@Nuggetsin42006 PGA WORLD RANKINGS: AMES - NO. 43; WOODS - NO 1!! This fact should have been enough to warn Ames to simply play golf and not talk tosh/trash against Tiger! Ames only said that to Tiger after the GREAT HUMILIATION (GOLF MATCH PLAY ON-COURSE WHIPPING TIGER GAVE HIM), because his Bigmouth foolishness showed him to be disrespectful to TW for no reason at all! He only talked to TW after the humiliating loss, NOT BEFORE, and I bet Ames wouldn't have recinded his bigmouth verbia had he won!! KARMA payback to ignorant Ames against the greatest golfer this century in 25+years! Ames was completely DISREPECTFUL AND UNPROFESSIONAL and TW would never have said that about him! We want professional golf play, NOT FOOLISH EMPTY TALK BY MEDIOCRE players. Imagine the MOCKING laughter among others golfers as Ames got properly whipped through 9 holes on the golf course!! BRILLIANT TIGER!! AMES WILL THINK 2X ABOUT DISSING ANYBODY ELSE. BETTER NOT DO THAT AGAIN, Ames?!👏👏😂😂😂😂

[@Itsmeyourbuddyguy]

Flawless victory

[@CCROGGY]

Brutality!

[@jdhrap]

You don’t tug on Superman’s cape, you don’t spit into the wind, you don’t pull the mask off the ol Lone Ranger, and you definitely don’t shoot your mouth off 24 hours before playing the 🐐....

[@jeffsmith825]

Funny thing is Tiger was actually hitting it all over the world, Ames wasn't wrong really. Problem is Tiger hit it so far comparatively he was passed any trouble if he missed wide. He hit tons and tons of wedges from the rough but he was very much better with a wedge from the rough than anyone else with a 6-7 iron from the fairway.

[@jonny5873]

The putting was also beautiful, good putting saves strokes always

[@brianr6661]

I wonder what would have happened if you bring any modern player to back then. Tiger made the competition rise up to his level. While they still aren't quite to tiger's level, the competition today would absolutely curb stomp the competition that Tiger beat back then.

[@John_Wood_]

@@jonny5873 correct, dub is a master with iron and putter, driver not so much

[@cnoto4466]

I think Bryson watch this video and thought, "Hmmmm...."

[@DTB1995]

@@brianr6661 Thats why i believe Jack is better..he had more stiff competition in his day compared to Woods

[@samuelshort2227]

"and Ames had to layup, of course.." 15:01 LMFAO

[@shaihasani6859]

Even the opening statement from the interviewer is just twisting the knife in “Steve, I don’t even wanna call this a learning experience, it’s just an experience you wish you didn’t have.”

[@antoine2256]

Now that’s a gift ! So much fun watching these..

[@Sundance94]

11:28 just watch the finish in his swag incredible

[@zachgoll]

Been looking for this footage for ages

[@percyfazon7270]

“the mortal actually has to lay up” commentators are not sparing ames🤣🤣🤣

[@gregh77]

Thanks PGA!

[@calvinprest]

11:25 DRIP

[@colddickrick2927]

“What’s going on with Ames on this hole?” “Well... he had to lay up of course” Ouch

[@ConnorMiller417]

Have you won a match 9&8? Tiger- “No. the best I’ve done is 8&7.” Legend! 🐐

[@Destins2]

connor miller explain to me what that means

[@ConnorMiller417]

Tyler Stanley In match play it goes by winning holes instead of strokes. In this match Tiger won 9&8 because he won all 9 nine holes through the front 9 which is enough to win because there’s only 18 holes and after 10 holes are complete, there’s not enough for his opponent to tie. That’s what it means.

[@Nucka89]

Pretty sure he (Ames) won The Players Championship in his next PGA Tour Event. Pure class after what happened here...that's Golf for you.

[@joakimfredriksson3889]

Impressive way to take this beating

[@rodsmith8118]

After the Match Play he finished tied 20th at the Ford Championship at Doral and tied 7th at The Honda Classic before winning The Players Championship by six shots over Retief Goosen.

[@555Trout]

Ames: Note to self: Keep mouth closed.

[@gullybop1695]

Damn SA head was scrambled he said @17:49 "Tiger was a tough component today." LOL!!

[@davidgregory7257]

One of the best tournaments the PGA had!!

[@greghagood2179]

Nicks comment: 5 down and we're laying up eh?

[@ekko808]

Let me translate: "What is this loser doing?"

[@trueshot_gaming7739]

The I think he understands now part is savage 😂

[@gullybop1695]

Yeah whoa!!!

[@paccor17]

i come back often to read the comments and listen to the announcers completely cook ames...😂😂😂

[@alisonphilp7497]

Love ur attitude towards ur inspiration Tiger awesome mate 👌🙏

[@connorwhorff]

That was embarrassing. I actually felt bad for Ames.

[@tomm.w.2033]

Love that Seve's story.

[@beevee2312]

If I was Ames, I would've hit the ball in the trees on purpose and just never came back while everyone thought I was looking for it.

[@keatonwoods60]

😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@alexandervogtsanchez7522]

Loved when they hosted the event at la Costa golf. Then someone decided to move to the stupid desert in the middle of nowhere

[@jaketnelson]

Love the interview hahaha

[@louiswilliams4657]

The GOAT showing why !

[@mjc6184]

Savage! 👊🏻

[@azapro911]

Ironically, this came between Nick O'Hern's victories over Tiger in the same event. You can tame the Tiger, but only if you sneak up VERY quietly.

[@TheLocalLt]

The 2005 event was a rain-filled affair, Tiger may not have been fully mentally engaged, he would usually either win the match play or be knocked out in the first round anyway. Some of his best seasons he was knocked out of the match play early, yet his worst season, 2004, he won it. Actually that whole 05 west coast swing was rain-filled, the match play was coming off the heels of riviera which had to be shortened to 36 holes due to constant rain and Torrey pines (which tiger won, despite fanning his approach at 18 and later getting into a press beef with nick faldo over his commentary) which featured a lengthy fog delay. Tiger played in both of those prior events as well, and he may have been ready to get to Florida, where he would immediately win the next week at Doral over Phil in one of the greatest non-majors of all time. In 07 I’m not sure what happened, but he didn’t really seem engaged either, which as I said earlier was typical of tiger some years at the match play

[@jasonvaughan8300]

Just wow!!!!

[@Araconox]

I'm sure Stephen, who is a great player anyway, was thinking 'I sure hope the bar is open when we get in..'

[@brianwest1501]

Be gracious in both victory and defeat!

[@mikemactavish1665]

First hole, 450 yards, TW plays for position with a fairway wood . . . damn!

[@MrAndyhalflife]

Been watching all of these

[@shahrul1962]

This video should be on Ames's youtube feed forever

[@tyricelewis1161]

OUCH!!! 🐐🐅

[@marcweeks9178]

And Ames lost 7 and 6 to someone else the year before? I guess this beatdown wasn't that much of a surprise, even with the comment.

[@lablakelydress1988]

Good grief... 😳

[@cherryblossom3046]

Colin Montgomery suffered a similar fate at the 1997 Augusta Masters at Tiger's hands after 'popping off' to the press about his advantages over Tiger! Both got Karma payback from the golf gods and got comprehensively beat. Deflation season for Collin M. and Stephen Ames! Tiger let his immense golf skills talk on both occasions and they both 'UNDERSTOOD' 😂😂😂 2:25

[@ManuelFlores-oe2wf]

In that same tournament, Nick Faldo was bitter over how much coverage Tiger was getting and Tiger dismantled the 96 champ in his threesome.

[@NupeWD1993]

This was Tiger, at 30 years of age, when he was favored in every tournament---this Tiger would destroy the current PGA. I believe in this season, he repeated at the (British) Open for his 3rd Open title and then, several weeks later, won his 3rd PGA Championship.

[@DTB1995]

Yup won 2 majors in a row..This is was tiger in his later prime..not as good as 2000-2002 but still dominant

[@russwagner8805]

Goat 🐐 period

[@obash14]

Lovely

[@pdubs7069]

Steven Ames reminds me of Kevin Nealon (Gary Potter) in Happy Gilmore!🤣🤣

[@maxcaysey2844]

I still want a pair of those pants! They look cool on him!

[@bneale]

Down goes Ames! Down goes Ames!

[@fjdjejrjkrkr]

All 21 dislikes are from ames

[@biguglyduck540]

Talk about your all-time backfires

[@willsmith8203]

Absolutely thrashed

[@brandonlambert1586]

Hate to see how many wins Tiger'd have if someone made a comment like that before every tournament lol

[@Sandrae7560]

@Brandon Lambert...yeah, would absolutely have loved to seen that😂😂😂😂

[@jadesmith6823]

Totally bent over and rogered really hard 🤣

[@jacobd5387]

This is basically me on pga tour video games

[@ManuelFlores-oe2wf]

5 wood in deep rough for 253 yards on line. That’s ridiculous

[@acemcshankskigolfcartoons1105]

Ace McShankski AKA "the funniest duffer on youtube" loves Tiger

[@charlesparrett8830]

Why doesnt pga upload more of this content?? Like his championship matches at least

[@hunts_____]

He understands now

[@clubredken13]

I'm Canadian and we can't stand Ames up here. Ames is from Trinidad Tobago, and moved to Calgary and just decided to call himself Canadian. Watching golf back then I always had to shield my eyes when they had his name on a leaderboard with our flag. Greg Norman lives in Florida, so.... I guess he's American rite.

[@ekko808]

I'm also Canadian and I think of Ames as a skidmark on Canadian golf. I think Brooke Henderson would also beat him 9&8.

[@clubredken13]

@@ekko808 Whenever I watch an LPGA tourney on the weekend I have to have 3 things. A cold beverage, chips and an oxygen machine whenever Brooke comes on. I may not have missed a shot she's hit on tv. The last tourney before shutdown Brooke was 3 inches from an albatross. Her first tourney she had to Monday qualify. Then she won by 8 shots. I was hoping to drive down to Vancouver this summer to watch her for the first time. But it doesn't look good now.

[@ekko808]

@@clubredken13 I have seen Brooke play in person live twice, and her action is honestly so interesting to watch. I honestly hope she can stay injury free and healthy for a long time to come. I consider her to be our best Canadian golfer all time.

[@clubredken13]

@Oliver Haynes Exactly. I've always wondered why a skidmark myself. So you're concerned that a match between Brooke and Stephen would result in a victory for Brooke. We've all held that concern. And we will help you thru it. But rest assured. Brooke will beat Stephen. Just as soundly as Tiger beat Stephen 9 and 8 back in the day.

[@albandb9366]

The day Stephen Ames stop playing golf! 😂 Best part is TW interview at 18:15

[@MrLebowski1980]

Except he won the players championship at sawgrass a few weeks later😀

[@rodsmith8118]

The next week finished tied 20th in the Ford Championship at Doral and tied 7th at the Honda Classic the week after that. He took the following week off then won The Players Championship by six shots over Retief Goosen.

[@dennisfletcher7122]

Bulletin Board Material: “A comment or quote made in print by a player or coach from one team that is used by the other team as a little bit of extra motivation.”

[@stevenodenthal3458]

“I think he understands now.” Boom!

[@zee5664]

Just absolutely dusted.

[@4nas.r]

RIP Stephen Ames

[@jeffking29]

12:06 The best comment ever "You're 5 behind and you're laying up A" 🙂

[@cherryblossom3046]

Stephen A, never TRASH TALK at another professional ever! Especially the best golfer ever! You got taught a lesson in humility and respect! Tiger never trash talks other players. He always criticises his own play, as it should be. I hope you learnt to play more than talk hot air pomposity. Post match interviews showed just how traumatised SA was after the drubbing he got in the match. Tiger stated facts about being motivated to win by SA's trash talk about his (TW's) play, and making sure that he showed SA his full golf acumen! Take that SA, put it in your big mouth and smoke it as you go back home! Wowza!

[@davidhuang1513]

Tiger woke up that day and chose violence

[@golfer901]

ilove this

[@WhosGeoffrey]

you cant even be mad losing like that. i mean if i was playing match play and someone did this to me i would just be in awe

[@KyleKnoblauch]

Fun fact: Stephen Ames has been on the back side of both of the biggest beat downs in Match Play History, he lost 7&6 the year before this……😂🤣😂 I’ll cut Stephen a little slack, Happy Birthday and Congrats on the win today

[@MM84ize]

Gahh 06’ now looks like “98..... TIME FLIESSSS

[@Leartech81]

Tiger: "I think he understands now."

[@shmikeymo]

I think Stephen Is still playing this match

[@tcramesgaming4768]

Stephen Ames looks like an older Justin Thomas

[@allwheeler]

Tiger: And I took that personally

[@ericgomez6425]

Tiger is huge at the time

[@alexestes9114]

Lee Trevino Quotes There are two things that won't last long in this world, and that's dogs chasing cars and pros putting for pars.

[@Renaissauced]

You just know the announcers are having a field day off-air

[@ongta1265]

24 of his extended families dislike this video of 9&8. Mamame. LOL

[@DTB1995]

Nothing wrong with what Ames said..just said it to the wrong person at the wrong time lol

[@musiclover0508]

"Start running the bath water".......Hilarious

[@thetruth1167]

Stephen Ames the Trinidad and Tobagan, oh sorry wait Canadian, oh I don't know

[@rodsmith8118]

He's a citizen of both countries.

[@edgiraffr1352]

Ouch

[@Spotofgardening]

Now he knows...ouch

[@brumbysbrigade6509]

He just got Stephen Ames’d.