Celine Dion Shocked Tiger Woods With Her Hole In One Lyric Change to Biggest Hit: Watch
The singer updated the ballad while answering a question about which one of her songs best represents her golf game.
Celine Dion scored a hole in one on Tuesday (March 4) after ESPN’s Marty Smith asked the singer which one of her classic hits best represents her golf game. Making an appearance at the TGL match between the Atlanta Drive GC and Jupiter Links Golf Club in Palm Beach Gardens, FL, Dion didn’t hesitate.
“Okay,” she laughed, tilting her head forward as fans shouted out requests from the audience. “The one that comes to… oh, some people have suggestions! But that’s good. I would say…,” she continued before busting into the indelible chorus from her Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 Titanic smash “My Heart Will Go On.”
“Near, far, wherever you are,” she began a cappella, encouraging the warbly-voiced Smith to join in. “I believe that my ball will go on,” Dion sang with a straight face, altering the lyric to be more golf-appropriate as Smith sang the traditional words. The camera then cut to Tiger Woods — co-founder of the new three-on-three golf league — who broke out into a wide smile, laughing and shaking his head at the ad-lib.
“You’re not bad!” Dion told Smith, who then threatened, “I’m comin’ to Vegas… I’m gonna come to Vegas for the residency!” The cameras also caught Buffalo Bills QB Josh Allen laughing at the bit.
Fellow ESPN commentator Matt Barrie weighed in from off-camera with his not-so-hot Titanic take, opining, “Can I get something off my chest? Rose was so selfish to push Jack off the floating door. I’ve never gotten over that.”
Dion has only performed publicly a few times over the past few years since her nearly two-year break from the public eye during her battle with the debilitating Stiff-Person Syndrome.
Watch Dion’s perfect improvisation below.
