SAN DIEGO (TICKER) —Tiger Woods once again came up with a big birdie at the 18th, and went on to win his third U.S. Open title on the first hole of sudden death on Monday.
It was the 14th major championship for Woods, who parred the sudden-death seventh at Torrey Pines to edge Rocco Mediate.
Mediate held a one-shot lead heading into the 18th, but Woods came up with a birdie to keep alive his chance for a championship. On Sunday, Woods birdied No. 18 to force the 18-hole playoff.
It was just the third sudden death at the major since it was instituted in 1954. The last sudden death at the U.S. Open took place in 1994, when Ernie Els defeated Loren Roberts and Colin Montgomerie for the title.
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