The 14-time major winner found a bad lie in the trees whilst playing the Snake Pit and rolled back the years with his recovery shot
Tiger Woods Hits Ridiculous Escape Shot At Valspar Championship
Woods' ball was next to a tree with no real room for any kind of follow through. But that didn't stop him.
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One fan's reaction to the shot was priceless...
Whilst one fan who attempted to film Tiger Woods was actually filming a tree...hilarious!
Watch videos of the shot here from all different angles.
Woods' shot filmed by a spectator:
Woods had to aim at the Valpsar sponsors triangle seen in the lake and hook it round:
Here's how Tiger made par...
As you can see, Woods hit his hand on the tree at some speed and did look to be in some pain from the shot, although that didn't last for too long.
He then made this stunning birdie at the par-3 17th to get to -1:
He parred the final hole to sign for a 70.
His round contained just nine pars as well as five birdies and four bogeys on a difficult day at the Copperhead Course at Innisbrook.
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The 14-time major winner is in a tie for eighth place after day one, and sits just three strokes behind leader Corey Connors.
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