Tiger Woods and Neal Shipley during the final round of The Masters. Getty Images “No, no that didn’t happen,” Shipley, 23, said. And with that, the press conference abruptly ended.

Shipley wasn’t nervous, either, walking up to Woods and Woods’ son, Charlie, in the tournament practice area before their final round. “He was great to me all day,” Shipley said of Tiger.

Then he talked. “I initiated conversations,” Shipley said, explaining it took Woods a minute to warm up his vocal cords, but then the GOATNNN (Greatest of All-Time Not Named Nicklaus) loosened up.

Shipley finished the week tied for 53rd with a 12-over 300, beating Woods not just for Sunday's score, but for the tournament. Woods shot a 16-over 304 for the week, finishing alone in 60th place.

Neal Shipley and Tiger Woods line up their putts on the No. 15 green at the Masters on Sunday. Oh, he also got to play with five-time champion Tiger Woods, who was competing in his 100th Masters ...

Neal Shipley passed his biggest test at the Masters without hitting a shot. Faced with a decision – to tell or not to tell – the Ohio State golfer took a bullet for Tiger Woods.

Ohio State golfer Neal Shipley followed his rounds of 71 and 76 with an 8-over-par 80 on Saturday at the Masters. The good news? He gets to play Sunday's final round with Tiger Woods. Shipley, a ...