2008 U.S. Open Golf Championship: Tiger Prevails
The 2008 U.S. Open was the 108th one played, and it required a 19-hole playoff to settle the champion.
Winner: Tiger Woods, 283
Where it was played: Torrey Pines (South Course), San Diego, California
Tournament dates: June 12-16, 2008
Leader after first round: Justin Hicks and Kevin Streelman, 68
Leader after second round: Stuart Appleby, 139
Leader after third round: Tiger Woods, 210
Notable Notes: Tiger Woods carried a 1-stroke lead into the final round, but the challenge came not from Lee Westwood, who was in second after three rounds, but from popular journeyman Rocco Mediate.
Mediate shot a final-round 71 to post a 283 total, forcing Woods to make a 12-foot birdie on the 72nd hole. Woods made the putt, leading to an 18-hole Monday playoff (Westwood had his own 15-footer for birdie on the 72nd hole to join the playoff, but missed).
In the playoff, Mediate again led by one on the 18th hole, and again Woods rolled in a birdie putt to tie. That forced the two into sudden-death and there, finally, on the 19th playoff hole, Woods won it with a 4 to Mediate's 5.
Woods limped through much of the tournament, and it was later revealed he was playing with a torn ACL plus a stress fracture in the leg. He underwent surgery shortly after the tournament.
Final Scores
| x-Tiger Woods | 72-68-70-73—283 |
| Rocco Mediate | 72-68-70-73—283 |
| Lee Westwood | 70-71-70-73—284 |
| Robert Karlsson | 70-70-75-71—286 |
| D.J. Trahan | 72-69-73-72—286 |
| Carl Pettersson | 71-71-77-68—287 |
| John Merrick | 73-72-71-71—287 |
| Miguel Angel Jimenez | 75-66-74-72—287 |
| Heath Slocum | 75-74-74-65—288 |
| Eric Axley | 69-79-71-69—288 |
| Brandt Snedeker | 76-73-68-71—288 |
| Camilo Villegas | 73-71-71-73—288 |
| Geoff Ogilvy | 69-73-72-74—288 |
| Stewart Cink | 72-73-77-67—289 |
| Retief Goosen | 76-69-77-67—289 |
| Rod Pampling | 74-70-75-70—289 |
| Ernie Els | 70-72-74-73—289 |
| Phil Mickelson | 71-75-76-68—290 |
| Chad Campbell | 77-72-71-70—290 |
| Ryuji Imada | 74-75-70-71—290 |
| Brandt Jobe | 73-75-69-73—290 |
| Sergio Garcia | 76-70-70-74—290 |
| Mike Weir | 73-74-69-74—290 |
| Robert Allenby | 70-72-73-75—290 |
| Hunter Mahan | 72-74-69-75—290 |
| Adam Scott | 73-73-75-70—291 |
| Boo Weekley | 73-76-70-72—291 |
| Anthony Kim | 74-75-70-72—291 |
| Bart Bryant | 75-70-78-69—292 |
| a-Michael Thompson | 74-73-73-72—292 |
| Steve Stricker | 73-76-71-72—292 |
| Patrick Sheehan | 71-74-74-73—292 |
| Jeff Quinney | 79-70-70-73—292 |
| Scott Verplank | 72-72-74-74—292 |
| Aaron Baddeley | 74-73-71-74—292 |
| Pat Perez | 75-73-75-70—293 |
| Daniel Chopra | 73-75-75-70—293 |
| Padraig Harrington | 78-67-77-71—293 |
| Jonathan Mills | 72-75-75-71—293 |
| Justin Leonard | 75-72-75-71—293 |
| Andres Romero | 71-73-77-72—293 |
| Todd Hamilton | 74-74-73-72—293 |
| Joe Ogilvie | 71-76-73-73—293 |
| Robert Dinwiddie | 73-71-75-74—293 |
| Stuart Appleby | 69-70-79-75—293 |
| Jim Furyk | 74-71-73-75—293 |
| Oliver Wilson | 72-71-74-76—293 |
| Jarrod Lyle | 75-74-74-71—294 |
| John Rollins | 75-68-79-72—294 |
| Matt Kuchar | 73-73-76-72—294 |
| Dustin Johnson | 74-72-75-73—294 |
| Tim Clark | 73-72-74-75—294 |
| Ben Crane | 75-72-77-71—295 |
| Soren Hansen | 78-70-76-71—295 |
| Kevin Streelman | 68-77-78-72—295 |
| Martin Kaymer | 75-70-73-77—295 |
| Davis Love III | 72-69-76-78—295 |
| Stephen Ames | 74-74-77-71—296 |
| Rory Sabbatini | 73-72-75-76—296 |
| Nick Watney | 73-75-77-72—297 |
| a-Rickie Fowler | 70-79-76-72—297 |
| Alastair Forsyth | 76-73-74-74—297 |
| Brett Quigley | 73-72-77-75—297 |
| David Toms | 76-72-72-77—297 |
| John Mallinger | 73-75-78-72—298 |
| Vijay Singh | 71-78-76-73—298 |
| Paul Casey | 79-70-76-73—298 |
| Trevor Immelman | 75-73-72-78—298 |
| a-Derek Fathauer | 73-73-78-75—299 |
| D.A. Points | 74-71-77-77—299 |
| Andrew Dresser | 76-73-79-72—300 |
| Andrew Svoboda | 77-71-74-78—300 |
| Woody Austin | 72-72-77-79—300 |
| Jesper Parnevik | 77-72-77-75—301 |
| Ian Leggatt | 72-76-76-77—301 |
| Justin Hicks | 68-80-75-78—301 |
| Ross Mcgowan | 76-72-78-77—303 |
| Rich Beem | 74-74-80-76—304 |
| Chris Kirk | 75-74-78-77—304 |
