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The Story of Sports Illustrated's Tiger Woods 2019 Masters Cover Photo

Tiger Woods's reaction in 2019 said it all, and SI was there to capture it. | Kohjiro Kinno/Sports Illustrated

This month Sports Illustrated is celebrating its 70th anniversary, and the golf team is commemorating the moment by looking back at some of our most iconic covers, including our double issue from April 22, 2019, featuring Tiger Woods.

Kohjiro Kinno didn’t wake up on Sunday morning of the 2019 Masters expecting to take a photo that would be splashed onto one of the boldest covers in Sports Illustrated's history. But sports, and sports photography, are unpredictable, and that's what transpired during a gray afternoon at Augusta National.

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