Tiger Woods Historic Clubs Sold

When is a club more than a club? When it's part of history, and part of a set that goes for a cool $57,242.20. Such is the case with 11 Titleist irons and wedges, which just so happened to be used in a rather famous run of golf, and now have just changed hands for a large sum of money, according to Golf Week.

Steve Mata, a longtime golf industry fixture, has sold the clubs, which were used in Tiger Woods' famous "Tiger Slam" of 2000-01. (You can see one of them in action there at right.) Over that stretch, from the 2000 U.S. Open to the 2001 Masters, Woods captured all four majors, holding all the titles at the same time if not all in the same calendar year.

The clubs came under scrutiny earlier this year when Mata listed them on eBay. Woods denied the clubs were his the Tiger Slam models, saying he had used two sets of irons, and that both were in his possession.

But both Mata and tour pro Greg Kraft stated unequivocally that Woods gave the clubs to Mata when Mata, who formerly worked for Titleist, delivered a new set of clubs to Woods. It would be the last set of Titleist clubs Woods used, as he switched to Nike in 2002.

The item description in the eBay listing indicated that the clubs are a "Titleist special Grind 681 stamped 'T' forged iron set." The club grips are also the same style Woods used. That was good enough for one buyer to shell out nearly 60 large, regardless of what Woods had to say.