Probably best known for Tiger Woods playing on one leg and coming through with a victory, the 2008 US Open featured one of the greatest finishes in history.
Going into the final round, a number of players had a shot at the championship, highlighted by Tiger Woods, Lee Westwood and Rocco Mediate.
The incredible round featured back-and-forth play that saw Tiger fall out of the lead early only to fight back and tie the loveable Rocco on the final hole with what will likely be the best putt of his career.
The Monday playoff the followed on Monday was downright amazing, as Rocco took Tiger’s best shots only to return with shots of his own. Tiger had to once again birdie the last to force sudden death, and on the 19th hole, Tiger would capitalize on a Mediate mistake, making par to Rocco’s bogey to win his 14th major championship and third US Open.
The 60th US Open is best known for featuring the coming together of three generations of golf royalty, as the past—represented by Ben Hogan—the present—Arnold Palmer—and the future—Jack Nicklaus—were all in contention going into the final round.
Starting the final 18 an insane seven strokes back, Arnold made a statement early by driving the par-4 first at Cherry Hills and eventually made birdie.
That would kickstart his round, as he would erase that seven stroke deficit by shooting a 65, winning the tournament by two strokes.
Hogan and Nicklaus put up valiant efforts, but both would falter late, as Nicklaus would have two costly three-putts on the back nine and Hogan would find the water on the final two holes. The Cherry Hills US Open would also be the last time the Great Ben Hogan would challenge for our national championship
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The 2006 US Open could very well be seen as the second massacre at Winged Foot, as every player in the field finished over par and the winning score was a respectable +5.
The championship was highlighted by the monumental collapses and missed chances that would transpire on the 72nd hole.
Three players came to the 18th hole only needing par to take the lead, win the championship or force a playoff, and neither one could do it. Jim Furyk would miss a five-foot par putt, Colin Montgomery would miss the green horribly from the middle of the fairway on his way to double-bogey and Phil Mickelson would have one of the most gut-wrenching meltdowns in golf history.
In the end, Geoff Ogilvy would limp out with the trophy after making two improbable pars on the last two holes—a chip-in on 17 and a miraculous up-and-down on 18.
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Cherry Hills golf course is just across town from me, maybe 10 miles by car. Just NOT in my price range at the moment, as it's one of the higher priced private clubs in the Denver area.
Don
Putting is easy if you have the Right Putter.
I hear ya Don. I'm an hour or so from Pinehurst...of course it'd cost me about $400 to play it. Though I do have a gift certificate for about half that for their resort...Hmmmm......
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