DUBLIN, Ohio — In 2000, Zac Blair managed to get Tiger Woods’s autograph in the Valhalla clubhouse the week Woods won the PGA Championship on his way to holding all four majors concurrently.
Blair’s father, James, a PGA pro, competed in the event but Woods was the player Blair, then nine, idolized. Fifteen years later, Blair realized a dream when he was paired with Woods in Saturday’s third round of the Memorial Tournament, hosted by another golf legend, Jack Nicklaus.
Blair had no idea when he teed off at No.1 at Muirfield Golf Club that his fantasy pairing would make him a witness to a nightmarish piece of history.