Tiger Wins 2008 US Open
WOW! In what Tiger Woods called the “greatest tournament I’ve ever had,” the number one player in the world defeated the unlikely, but worthy challenger, Rocco Mediate to win the 108th US Open Championship. It is his 14th win in a major tournament and his third US Open title.
The win was not an easy one, however. Mediate stayed with Woods through 18 holes, sinking birdies at 13, 14, and 15, eventually watching Tiger sink a 10-foot putt at 18 to send the tournament into a sudden death playoff.
They returned to the 7th hole, a hole that has favored Woods and today was no different. He drove solidly onto the fairway while Mediate went from one bunker to the next. However, Mediate’s last putt could have sent the match to another hole, but it was not to be. Rocco missed and Tiger won his third US Open.
Rocco Mediate has every reason to be proud of himself going head to head with golf’s very best. In addition to the sizeable paycheck, he’ll rise 111 places in the World Rankings with his second place finish.
Those who say that golf is boring and is losing its appeal should be silenced for the near future. No one could possibly have called this weekend’s tournament dull.
WOW!
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