Amid Tiger Woods’ Masters triumph, fulfillment for one faithful Twitter account

Jacob Janower

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Amid Tiger Woods’ Masters triumph, fulfillment for one faithful Twitter account image

Most of the golf world celebrated Tiger Woods' improbable comeback to win the 2019 Masters, but one person stands out as among the most joyous on Sunday: the famous Tiger Tracker Twitter account. 

In the seven years since @GCTigerTracker joined Twitter, Woods had not won a major. That all changed Sunday when Woods sealed the Masters victory at 13 under, winning his 15th career major in first since 2008. The person behind the famous account, whose identity has remained anonymous through the years, was of course elated. 

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The Tiger Tracker, which is a part of the Golf Channel, regularly tweets entertaining updates through the entirety of Woods' tournament performances, becoming an essential must-follow for golf fans whenever Woods is playing. There perhaps is no larger invetory of Woods updates on the internet than the cache the account has built up since joining Twitter in 2012, chronicling the ebbs and flows of Woods' comeback from personal trouble and injury.

And it's safe to say no moment throughout the account's existence came close to topping the Masters victory.

Several joyous tweets followed from the account, which had roughly 386,000 followers as of Woods' victory, a number that is growing by the minute. In the hour span after Woods won, the tracker sent out over 30 tweets. 

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The account, which has been known to travel around the world to follow Woods, was thrilled to change his avatar, which had previously been a picture of Woods celebrating his 2018 Tour Championship win.

There is one more certainty that will come from all of this: The tracker is going to have itself a celebratory night.

Jacob Janower