Tiger Woods was pranked by ex-girlfriend with baby squirrel who stole the show at Presidents Cup

It's incredibly rare for Tiger Woods to be upstaged on a golf course.

But one furry little rodent managed to do just that at the 2013 Presidents Cup.

Muirfield Village in Dublin, Ohio provided the setting for this odd encounter as Woods and his United States teammates battled against an International team that featured Ernie Els, Charl Schwartzel and Adam Scott, who was world No. 2 at the time.

As the first day of play at the Presidents Cup neared its end, all of the U.S. stars had gathered on the hill near the 18th green to watch Jordan Spieth and Steve Stricker duke it out with Els and Brendon de Jonge.

The star-studded U.S. team were joined by their wives and girlfriends, but there was one extra supporter, if you could call them that, watching the action.

That was, of course, Sammy the squirrel.

It was U.S captain's assistant Davis Love III who first encountered the rodent on the second hole.

Fearing the furry creature could get trampled by the crowd, Love picked it up and fed it.

Love brought the squirrel with him in his golf cart over the course of the day and it quickly became the U.S. team's unofficial mascot.

The 60-year-old later explained why he decided to keep the squirrel close by.

"My dad always picked up sticks for good luck, and he told me I had to keep it as long as we were winning holes," Love said.