It’s over
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- June
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Tiger made an easy par on the 7th hole, the first sudden-death playoff hole, to win the 2008 U.S. Open.
For Tiger, it’s his 14th major, but perhaps his most memorable coming back from the knee surgery and making so many memorable putts/shots. Two days in a row he made birdie on the final hole to extend his tournament. Just an absolute machine.
What an amazing job by Rocco though. He fell behind early and then again by three, but never gave up. His spirited rally puts him in the Bob May category of pros that have actually challenged Tiger down the stretch at a major. I’m sure there are a lot of fans out there that would like to see that same kind of resolve from some of the other big names in golf.
What a week. Sadly, it is all over now (The tough venue, Johnny Miller’s commentary, the Yanni written NBC theme music). It’s hard to top the U.S. Open for great sporting events throughout the year.
As for this year’s version, not 72, not 90, but 91 holes were needed to finish this it in what will most certainly go down as one of the most memorable U.S. Opens of all-time. It’s only fitting that the player on the path to be the greatest of all-time wound up being the golfer to pull out a victory.
