Tiger's set of irons used to win four straight majors now stands as the most valuable golf collectible in history
The sale price also shatters the record for a piece of golf memorabilia. The green jacket that belonged to Horton Smith, who won the first-ever Masters Tournament, sold for $682,000 in 2013.
The Woods iron set includes nine Titleist 681-T irons, 2-iron through pitching wedge, as well as two Vokey wedges with "Tiger" stamped onto them. Woods won the 2000 U.S. Open, British Open and PGA Championship in 2000, and followed it up by winning the Masters in 2001 to become the first player to hold all four major championship titles at once.
To verify the authenticity of the clubs, the irons included an affidavit and polygraph results from Mata, who sold them to Brock in 2010, and from former Titelist vice president Rick Nelson. Golden Age Auctions also photo-matched the clubs from images of Woods on the course during those majors.
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