Rocco Mediate was simply exhausted. Physically and mentally. ...more

June 27, 2008

First, there is Lorena Ochoa, now the world's most dominant golfer on two legs. Following closely is the retiring Annika Sorenstam, ready to end her LPGA Hall of Fame career at the end of this season but still No. 2 in the world. After that two-fisted punch comes a wave of angles and story lines that could be built on readiness and resurgence. ...more

June 25, 2008

Thinking out loud until it started to hurt... ...more

June 22, 2008

Tiger Woods was must-see TV at the U.S. Open, making birdie on the final hole to force a playoff, another clutch birdie the next day to extend the playoff and winning his 14th major on what amounted to one good leg. ...more

June 20, 2008

There is no reason to doubt him now. Tiger Woods endured 91 holes of golf to win the U.S. Open, despite playing with a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament and two stress fractures in his left leg. ...more

June 19, 2008

Over and over during the U.S. Open, while Rocco Mediate battled Tiger Woods through the final round of regulation then into Monday's playoff and finally to sudden death before falling short, television shots showed Lee Janzen cheering, supporting and advising the overachieving underdog. ...more

June 19, 2008

largest margin of the day - with eight holes to play. ...more

June 17, 2008

No, he wasn't faking. By Tiger Woods' final results, it would be easy to cynically and playfully suggest that maybe he really did not have knee surgery. A lot of people still believe the moon landing was successfully completed on a Hollywood sound stage. ...more

June 17, 2008

Powerless to put Tiger Woods away and exhausted from this U.S. Open that would not end, Rocco Mediate plopped down above bunker on the 18th green, crisscrossed his legs and scribbled down his score. ...more

June 17, 2008