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.

Not that long around, Patrick Sheehan acted as our leader for the first round of the U.S. Open. Now he just wants to find a clubhouse. Sheehan finally made a bogey on the 12th hole and followed that up with a triple bogey seven on the 15th. With two holes left in his round, he’s actually in pretty good position at even par.

It’s still late morning at Torrey Pines as they start early play of the first round of the United States Open Golf Championship. If you’re a golf junkie like myself, here’s hoping you will enjoy our posts over the next few days to bring you the latest information from beautiful San Diego covering American Justin Hickory and U.S. Open golf championship.

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