Tiger Woods retreats to £15m yacht after Masters with onboard elevator and gymnasium
After 4 days of stable grind at Augusta National, golf icon Tiger Woods now has the slightly luxurious possibility of retreating to his £15m tremendous yacht for some relaxation and restoration.
The 48-year-old put in an admirable diplay on the Masters, maintaining his streak of constructing the reduce at Augusta and setting a brand new document, with 24 consecutive cuts to the weekend’s play made.
But the course situations and his bodily aches and strains would quickly meet up with him, with Woods falling away over Saturday and Sunday and leaking pictures throughout the course.
The iconic star, sporting his trademark Sunday crimson and black colors, returned to the clubhouse with a last scorecard of 16-over-par.
Woods has pledged to prove for every of the majors in 2024, with the PGA Championship, the US Open and the Open Championship to comply with.
And it occurs to come back in very helpful that the sporting legend is in possession of a luxurious £15m tremendous yacht, with which he can conduct his downtime whereas additionally engaged on his sporting health and rehabilitation.
While amassing an enormous fortune throughout his wildly profitable sporting profession, Woods made the funding in including the spectacular liner to his property portfolio.
The American ace even jokingly referred to his superb 155ft vessel as his “dinghy” prior to now, although that is removed from the case.
Woods’ yacht measures 6,500 sq ft and might sleep a complete of ten company in 5 state rooms all through its complicated.
There are additionally 4 cabins that home the ship’s 9 crew members, together with extra areas for common storage and upkeep gadgets.
Additionally and maybe most significantly, the yacht additionally comes with a fully-equipped gymnasium on board boasting a number of the most pioneering devices within the health business.
It additionally has a three-person elevator to get between flooring on the vessel, whereas the highest deck supplies a sizeable eight-person Jacuzzi and a bar for internet hosting company.
Keeping up the prices on such a formidable and sizeable vessel isn’t any imply feat, and it’s estimated that round £1.5m per yr is required to maintain the tremendous yacht working and absolutely operational.
The yacht additionally has a scuba station and exterior storage to hold three jet skis, two ocean kayaks and two Vespa scooters. The inside was initially decked out in cherry woodwork, although it’s unknown whether or not the within of the yacht has since been renovated or modified by the golf legend.
Yet whereas Woods remains to be chipping away on the earth {of professional} golf, and sustaining he nonetheless believes he has one last main win in him, others should not so satisfied.
Woods’ former rival Colin Montgomerie not too long ago admitted his unhappiness that Woods didn’t bow out after the 2022 Open Championship on the hallowed turf of St Andrews Old Course
“I just wish Tiger had gone after he waved on that Swilken bridge at St Andrews a couple of years ago,” Montgomerie instructed talkSPORT.
“He’s kept going, he thinks he can do it but it’s quite obvious now physically and mentally, that he can’t.
“He’s competing as soon as a month and it isn’t sufficient. You cannot play as soon as a month and hope to cope with these guys now. He completed the match 82-77. It’s not shut, clearly and I want he’d waved goodbye to {the golfing} phrase a few years in the past.”