Woods wins US Open
Even though he went to the tourney on a regular condition after having knee surgery, Tiger Woods managed to win his 3rd US Open Title.
With this championship, Tiger Woods now sums it up for a total of 14 majors on his career, which includes some tourneys where he was exceptional just like the 2005 The Masters (he went through 10 losses on majors before winning this one), the 2006 British Open (his 11th major and the first since his father died), 2000 US Open (this was the first of four straight majors for Woods), 1997 The Masters and finally the 2008 US Open, where he fought to death with Rocco Mediate, a 45 year-old journeyman who was classified more as an underdog than anything else, but he proved that there was still some golf on him.
The week Woods won the US Open marked the 500th time that the american golfer ranked as No. 1 of the golf, and Mediate ranked at 158 was attempting to become the first golfer outside the top 100 to win the US Open; he almost did it.
Something curious about Tiger Wood’s victories in majors is that is not the first time he faced guys that you probably have never heard of, let’s name a few: Chris DiMarco at The Masters 2005, Michael Campbell at the 2005 US Open and Mediate.
Woods is a living statement of what sports person should be, hopefully there will be many kids who will follow his steps in order to raise the quality and the quantity of good golfers in the US and the world in general.
