World No. 1 golfer Tiger Woods of the United States will miss his own tournament in the nation's capital, the AT&T National, because of recent knee surgery. But the man he beat in a playoff at last month's U.S. Open Championship, compatriot Rocco Mediate, will tee off in the four-round event Thursday in suburban Bethesda, Maryland. VOA Sports Editor Parke Brewer has more from Congressional Country Club.

Tiger Woods became the winner of the 2008 U.S. Open Golf Championship after winning the playoff against Rocco Mediate.

Tiger Woods is arguably the best golfer of the decade with 11 major championships. Today he is shooting for his 12th major championship at Torrey Pines in San Diego. Yesterday in the final round, on the 18th hole (par 5) Tiger and Westwood were tied at E. Rocco had just finished one-under for the tournament.

Tiger vs. Rocco sounds like a heavyweight fight. Trouble is, this Rocco is, by most any measure, a lightweight. He’s one of the shortest hitters on the PGA Tour while Tiger, when he cranks it up, is one of the longest.

With a victory in the Masters, the first major championship of the season, the superstar Tiger Woods could set himself up for a run at golf's holy grail - victories in all four major championships in one year.

The match of the day at Accenture World Match Play is without a doubt Tiger Woods playing JB Holmes. Not much work for me today so I’ll be able to watch most of it live.

Tiger Woods Wins 2008 Dubai Desert Classic golf tournament after 7 under par 65 final round.

Tiger Woods, speaking of Dubai, says "I haven''t seen this type of growth anywhere in the world."

THE statistics are staggering – 32 victories on the US PGA Tour, 30 on the European Tour and 13 in the majors. Tiger Woods is number one by far. He knows it, the world knows it.

World number one men's golfer Tiger Woods of the United States picked up Dubai Golf this week where he left off last Sunday -- leading a tournament and dominating the field.

World's number one golfer Tiger Woods of the United States and second-ranked golf player Phil Mickelson lead the field when the Buick Invitational tournament tees off Thursday outside San Diego, California.

THOUSAND OAKS, California - No matter how often he won, by however many shots, no matter how wide the gap grew between Tiger Woods and the rest of the world, he could never escape comparisons to 2000. Some thought such a year could never be matched.