SAN DIEGO (AP) -- With a throbbing knee and a pounding heart, Tiger Woods made one last improbable escape Monday and won the U.S. Open in a 19-hole playoff over Rocco Mediate, his 14th career major and maybe the most amazing of them all.
One shot behind on the 18th hole after a collapse no one saw coming, Woods birdied the 18th hole to force sudden death at Torrey Pines against a 45-year-old with a creaky back who simply wouldn't go away."
[From Tiger beats Mediate in U.S. Open thriller]
I almost feel sorry for Rocco Mediate. He stood to either win the US Open, and not get credit for it since Tiger Woods, on one good knee, chased him all the way to a Monday playoff sudden death. Or he would lose the US Open to Tiger Woods, who chased him all the way to a Monday playoff sudden death.
It's just not fair.
I can almost visualize the alternate headline:
"Tiger almost beats Mediate in U.S. Open Thriller"
Instead of:
"Rocco Mediate beats Tiger in U.S. Open Thriller"
Makes you wonder if the next installment of EA's Tiger Woods game will allow you to play while limping. I honestly hope he fully recovers, he has been my Golf hero since I started my 12+ year quest to break 100 (or hell, to even out-drive Ivette).
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