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A Couple of Finishes at Bay Hill When Tiger Won

This is the week of Bay Hill, and the first time it’s been played since Arnold Palmer passed away.  There is no Tiger this week, and he’s won the tournament eight (8!!!) times.  NBC just showed a highlight of Tiger’s winning putt in 2009, but I was hoping they would have shown Tiger’s winning putt from 2008 (yes, he won both years with a birdie on the 72nd hole).

I prefer the 2008 finish because he threw his hat.

Here is the putt from 2008.

Here is the 2009 finish.

And then here is Arnold Palmer’s final full shot in a PGA event (at Bay Hill in 2004 at the age of 74).

Arnold Palmer 1929-2016

CBSSports.com reports that Arnold Palmer passed away on Sunday night in Pittsburgh at the age of 87.

Arnold Palmer has passed away at the age of 87, according to the USGA and Golf Digest.

Palmer won 62 times on the PGA Tour, including seven major championships and four Masters during his illustrious career. He had been in declining health for a few years and even missed out on the ceremonial first tee shot at Augusta earlier in 2016.