There isn’t much of consequence that occurs among the early groups that venture out for the final round of a PGA Tour event—and that goes for the Masters Tournament, too. In fact, that is especially true at the year’s first major considering how often we are reminded that the Masters doesn’t begin until the back nine on Sunday, by which time the dew sweepers are sipping mineral water in their NetJets.

But we are talking about the Masters here, and even the also-rans to the also-rans are of interest, especially when one of the players in question is five-time champion Tiger Woods, who began the final round of this year’s Masters 17 shots behind eventual winner Scottie Scheffler. Going off at 9:35 a.m. ET, Woods and amateur playing partner Neal Shipley were, predictably, among the featured groups on the Masters.com livestream. Good thing. Cameras captured easily the most touching moment of the week.

Tiger Woods took a moment during his round to share a handshake with longtime broadcaster Verne Lundquist ❤️

Lundquist will be retiring from his coverage at the Masters after this year’s tournament. #TheMasters pic.twitter.com/J8fZKxv8Va

— ESPN (@espn) April 14, 2024

Woods was nearing the end of a final-round five-over 77 that would relegate him to last place when he arrived at the par-3 16th green, site of one of his most iconic shots—the improbable chip-in for birdie that propelled him to the 2005 green jacket. Seated in a canvas folding chair behind the green was longtime CBS broadcaster Verne Lundquist, who made the call on Woods’ brilliant stroke 19 years earlier.

As he made his way to the 17th tee, Woods spied Lundquist. Tiger proceeded to walk over to shake Lundquist’s hand, knowing that the veteran announcer was working his 40th and final Masters. It was the kind of small but indelible moment that only seems to happen—or only could happen—at the Masters.

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A few days later, Lundquist, 83, shared what the two men said to each other on The Steam Room podcast hosted by TNT’s Charles Barkley and Ernie Johnson.

“I ventured down to 16 and he was playing 14 at the time, and he was having a horrible day. Five over and wound up dead last in the tournament,” Lundquist said. “But even though he was five over, he walked off the green at 16 and as he approached, I just said, ‘Tiger, thank you.’ He reached over and shook my hand, and we chatted. In all candor, I can’t remember what we said, except I thanked him for the kind words that he had, and he said, ‘We’re gonna be tied at the hip forever’ because of that shot and because of what I said [describing it].”

What Lundquist said in ’05 with notable incredulity in his voice after Woods’s ball teetered into the hole was, “Oh my goodness. In your LIFE have you ever seen anything like that?”

Thank you, Verne. #themasters pic.twitter.com/YJJTXgIfXd

— The Masters (@TheMasters) April 14, 2024

Lundquist listed the call as his second favorite, by a smidgen, behind his emphatic “Yes sir!” reaction when Jack Nicklaus sank a 12-foot birdie putt on the 17th hole in 1986 as the Golden Bear charged to his sixth Masters title. “They’re my 1A and 1B. And I lean toward Jack Nicklaus in ’86, probably more so because of the fact that Jack is six months older than me, and I tend to remind him every chance I get,” Lundquist said prior to his final Masters assignment.

“He’s going to be a part of Augusta forever,” CBS golf anchor Jim Nantz said of the man he has taken to calling Uncle Verne. “Those calls that he’s made, they’re going to be played back 50, a hundred, 200 years from now. … He’s got permanent residence.”

That handshake probably will get some replay mileage, too.

This article was originally published on golfdigest.com