Overview
- Golden Age Auctions sold a pair of Tiger Woods’ earliest-known trophies for $52,996 during its Masters Week sale.
- The trophies come from junior events at Heartwell Golf Park in Long Beach in 1983 and 1984 when Woods was seven and eight.
- A former mentor who worked as an assistant pro at the Navy Golf Course consigned the items after holding them since about 1990.
- The lot opened at $500, drew 44 bids, and finished at more than 100 times the starting price, signaling intense collector interest.
- Collectors prize early items with clear ties to milestone careers, a trend seen before with Tiger memorabilia such as the multimillion-dollar sale of his 2000–01 irons.