Pics: Fun With Chubby As Tiger Hits Bridge Shot From Turkey Into Asia
Update: Well here it is! And a piece from the European Tour.
Tiger Woods achieved another first in his long and illustrious career while in the Turkish city of Istanbul on Tuesday, becoming the first golfer to hit balls from east to west off the Bosphorus Bridge.
Woods, one of the most recognisable athletes on the planet, struck several shots from the iconic structure that connects Asia and Europe in front of international and local media.
âTo be the first golfer to do this was very cool,â said the 14-time major championship winner and world number one, who headlines Turkeyâs first ever European Tour event, the US $7million Turkish Airlines Open by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, this week.
âI have really enjoyed my visit to Istanbul. To see the Bosphorus for the first time was a very enjoyable and memorable experience.â
The 1,510-metre, gravity-anchored suspension bridge, which was closed on one side for 20 minutes while Woods played his shots, is located between the Asian shore of Beylerbeyi and European neighbourhood of Ortaköy. It is one of the most distinguishable landmarks in Istanbul, a vibrant city renowned for its rich history.
Read the full piece here.
Thereâs great fun this morning from Chubby Chandler on twitter because heâs all excited about organizing a Tiger Woods publicity stunt.
Later today Tiger will hit a shot from a bridge bordering Turkey and Asia as part of his Turkish Open promotional duties.
Chubby has been busy ferreting around doing important stuff like briefing chopper pilots on how to fly and dressing middle aged security men as teenagers.
Initially Chubby had tweeted that Tiger was hitting a ball on the busiest bridge heâd ever seen from Asia into Europe, until someone reminded him that Turkey was in Europe not Asia and that the opposite was most likely to be the case.
However the best bit of banter came when Chubby discussed Tigerâs rather low profile last visit to Turkey when the locals didnât really have a clue who he was. Mattyob16 was quick to reply!
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