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Tiger Woods, Your 2008 U.S. Open Champion
Tiger Woods, Your 2008 U.S. Open Champion
In one of the best golf tournaments in the history of the sport, Tiger Woods did what Tiger Woods does, winning a playoff that everyone assumed he'd win, but never believed it till it was all over. In what will go down as a classic battle between hero, Woods, and journeyman, Rocco Mediate , Tiger hung around while Mediate played some of the most inspired golf you could possibly play, making ...
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Tiger is Better at Golf than Any Six of Your Friends (Combined)
Dogs That Chase Cars — It really has become a sickening act with Tiger Woods and a golf ball. He can move it like a Jedi Knight, spin it like a witch and boom it like a body-builder. Not only can he do all that, but he does it with such perfection it is truly poetry in sports motion. I wrote some things over at Fanhouse, including a a quick recap right after the playoff yesterday and a list of winners and losers from U.S. Open week I put together last night. It was a damn special week and anyone that even just likes golf dresses enjoyed the battle between Rocco ...

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