Golf: Tiger Woods, Rocco Mediate Playoff Records
Associated Press
TIGER WOODS
The playoff record of Tiger Woods, who is 15-2 in worldwide events:
1996 Las Vegas Invitational — def. Davis Love III, first hole
1997 Mercedes Championships — def. Tom Lehman, first hole
1998 Johnnie Walker — def. Ernie Els, second hole
1998 Nissan Open — lost to Billy Mayfair, first hole
1999 American Express — def. Miguel Angel Jimenez, first hole
2000 Mercedes Championships — def. Ernie Els, second hole
2000 PGA Championship — def. Bob May by one shot, three holes (total score)
2001 NEC Invitational — def. Jim Furyk, seventh hole
2002 Deutsche Bank — def. Colin Montgomerie, third hole
2005 Masters — def. Chris DiMarco, first hole
2005 American Express — def. John Daly, second hole
2005 Dunlop Phoenix — def. Kaname Yokoo, fourth hole
2006 Buick Invitational — def. Jose Maria Olazabal and Nathan Green, second hole
2006 Dubai Classic — def. Ernie Els, first hole
2006 Dunlop Phoenix — lost to Padraig Harrington, second hole.
2007 Bridgestone Invitational — def. Stewart Cink, fourth hole.
2008 U.S. Open — def. Rocco Mediate, first hole, sudden death after 18-hole playoff
ROCCO MEDIATE
The playoff record of Rocco Mediate, who is 2-1 in worldwide events:
1991 Doral-Ryder Open — def. Curtis Strange, first hole.
1993 KMart Greater Greensboro Open — def. Steve Elkington, fourth hole.
2008 U.S. Open — lost to Tiger Woods, first hole, sudden death after 18-hole playoff