Playing with a damaged knee, Woods forced an 18-hole playoff against Rocco Mediate at the U.S. Open. They remained tied after the playoff, and Woods won on the first sudden-death hole for his 14th major title.
Woods played at Torrey Pines with a serious knee injury. He birdied the 72nd hole to force an 18-hole Monday playoff against Rocco Mediate, then had to birdie the playoff's final hole to keep the contest alive.
On the first sudden-death hole, Mediate made bogey and Woods made par. The 91-hole victory became Woods's 14th major and one of the most remarkable examples of competing through injury in golf history.