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        Tiger Woods Seemingly Shaking Hands With A Tree At The Masters Sparks Hilarious Memes
    
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After the golf pro was seen shaking hands with someone who was obscured by a tree at the Masters Tournament on Sunday, the internet came with some clever jokes.
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	A photo of Tiger Woods appearing to shake hands with a tree became an instant viral meme.

	The photo was taken at Georgia's Augusta National Golf Club during the 88th Masters Tournament—the first of the PGA's four major golf championships. Woods was playing his 100th round in the PGA Majors.

	A photographer snapped the photo of Woods as he stopped to greet someone obscured by a large tree trunk. Due to the angle of the shot, it gave the illusion that the World Golf Hall of Fame inductee was chumming it up with an anthropomorphic tree.
Tiger Woods shaking the hand of his favorite tree at Augusta. Nothing but class
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Sports Illustrated and other sports media outlets dug to the root of the mystery and identified the unseen hand-shaker as retiring legendary CBS announcer Verne Lundquist. Sunday was Lundquist’s 40th annual and final Masters assignment at Augusta National.
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But the internet found the combination of Woods and a tree irresistible.
@TheClemReport @SouthValleySC Tiger and his Woods
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@TheClemReport @wupton His name is Joshua.
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@TheClemReport Family is clearly very important to Woods.
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Amateur comedians were inspired to log in for the fun.
@TheClemReport Bill Murray always makes things more interesting on a golf course \ud83d\ude02
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@TheClemReport That lumber is jacked
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Glad to see that Tiger Woods and the tree have reconciled their differences:
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I painted Tiger Woods meeting that tree
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HEARTWARMING:\n Tiger Woods reunited with tree he planted when he was younger, the two haven\u2019t seen each other in 15 years.
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a lot of people are making fun of this but it took that tree a lot of courage to walk up to his hero tiger woods and shake his hand
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	It was acorn-y internet moment.

	But it was one you couldn't leaf without smiling about.
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A photo of Tiger Woods appearing to shake hands with a tree became an instant viral meme.

The photo was taken at Georgia's Augusta National Golf Club during the 88th Masters Tournament—the first of the PGA's four major golf championships. Woods was playing his 100th round in the PGA Majors.

A photographer snapped the photo of Woods as he stopped to greet someone obscured by a large tree trunk. Due to the angle of the shot, it gave the illusion that the World Golf Hall of Fame inductee was chumming it up with an anthropomorphic tree.

Tiger Woods shaking the hand of his favorite tree at Augusta. Nothing but class
— (@)

Sports Illustrated and other sports media outlets dug to the root of the mystery and identified the unseen hand-shaker as retiring legendary CBS announcer Verne Lundquist. Sunday was Lundquist’s 40th annual and final Masters assignment at Augusta National.

— (@)

But the internet found the combination of Woods and a tree irresistible.

@TheClemReport @SouthValleySC Tiger and his Woods
— (@)

@TheClemReport @wupton His name is Joshua.
— (@)

@TheClemReport Family is clearly very important to Woods.
— (@)

— (@)

Amateur comedians were inspired to log in for the fun.

@TheClemReport Bill Murray always makes things more interesting on a golf course \ud83d\ude02
— (@)

— (@)

@TheClemReport That lumber is jacked
— (@)

Glad to see that Tiger Woods and the tree have reconciled their differences:
— (@)

— (@)

I painted Tiger Woods meeting that tree
— (@)

HEARTWARMING:\n Tiger Woods reunited with tree he planted when he was younger, the two haven\u2019t seen each other in 15 years.
— (@)

— (@)

a lot of people are making fun of this but it took that tree a lot of courage to walk up to his hero tiger woods and shake his hand
— (@)

— (@)

It was acorn-y internet moment.

But it was one you couldn't leaf without smiling about.

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