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Updated at 10:43 a.m., Monday, June 16, 2008

U.S. Open playoff: Hole by hole

Associated Press

SAN DIEGO — Hole-by-hole at the U.S. Open playoff Monday between Tiger Woods and Rocco Mediate:

NO. 1

Par-4, 448 yards

Woods' tee shot found the fairway for the first time this week on a hole he double bogeyed three times in four rounds. His drive looked like it was heading into the right rough but kicked into the fairway. He raised both hands in celebration. Woods hit his approach safely to the green and two-putted for par.

Mediate's second shot from the fairway ended up in the bunker short right of the green. He played out to six feet but missed the poutt and took bogey. Woods E, Mediate +1.

NO. 2

Par 4, 389 yards

Woods drove into the right rough, left his second shot short of the green and chipped to four feet to save par. Mediate drove ito the fairway bunker, missed the green with his second and chipped to three fedet for his par. Woods E, Mediate +1.

NO. 3

Par 3, 188 yards

Mediate almost holed his tee shot, the ball just missing the pin as it stopped 18 inches past for a birdie. Woods hit into the bunker, chipped long and two-putted for bogey. Woods +1, Mediate E.

NO. 4

Par 4, 488 yards

Woods scratched out a par after a shaky drive and second shot before chipping close and tapping in. After missing a long birdie putt, Mediate laughs when his two-footer for par circles the cup and drops in. Woods +1, Mediate E.

NO. 5

Par 4, 453 yards

Mediate drove into a fairway bunker on the right, then pulled his second shot across the fairway, bouncing off a cart path twice and into grass trampled by the gallery. He chipped back onto the green and two-putted for bogey. Woods' tee shot hit the fairway, his second settled 15 feet from the hole and he two-putted for par. Woods +1, Mediate +1.

NO. 6

Par 4, 501 yards

Woods mastered the tournament's second-toughest hole by hitting his second shot to five feet and making a birdie. Mediate, who also teed off to the middle of the fairway, hit his second shot long, chipped on and saved par. Woods E, Mediate +1.

NO. 7

Par 4, 515 yards

After both players reached the green in two, Mediate came up just short on a long putt for birdie, and Woods made a 10-footer for birdie. Woods -1, Mediate +1.

NO. 8

Par 3, 171 yards

Woods hits into the back bunker and his second shot ends up near Mediate's ball in the collection area in front of the green. Woods chipped within a couple of feet and made his putt for bogey. Mediate made a three-footer for par. Woods E, Mediate +1.

NO. 9

Par 5, 612 yards

It looked like Mediate was going to catch Woods at the turn. He was set up for a birdie putt from 15 feet and Woods was in the rough left of the green after going for the green on his second shot with a 3-wood and landing in the bunker. But Woods recovered and saved par as Mediate three-putted for a bogey. Woods E, Mediate +2.

NO. 10

Par 4, 414 yards

Mediate needed three shots to reach the green from the middle of the fairway and two-putted for bogey. Woods' drive found the deep rough on the right. He gouged it out and saved par with a 20-foot putt from the fringe after his approach shot spun back off the green. Woods E, Mediate +3.

NO. 11

Par 3, 192 yards

Playing off the back tee, Woods' shot hit the bunker and he knocked it 10 feet past the hole and two-putted for bogey. Mediate cut one stroke off the lead with a tap-in for par but could have made it two had his 20-foot birdie putt not missed by a couple of inches. Woods E, Mediate +2.

NO. 12

Par 4, 505 yards

Woods' first two shots ended up in the bunker and the right rough, and he two-putted for bogey. Mediate made par but missed another golden opportunity when his 15-foot birdie putt went three feet past the hole. Woods +2, Mediate +3.

NO. 13

Par 5, 539 yards

Both players birdied the par-5 hole but took different routes. Woods reached the green in two from left rough but came up short on a 35-foot eagle putt. Mediate's second shot went into the bunker shy of the green, and he blasted out within three feet of the hole. Woods +1, Mediate +2.

NO. 14

Par 4, 267 yards

Mediate drove near the front of the green, Woods into the rough in front of the right greenside bunker. Woods pitched to seven feet, Mediate to a foot. Mediate tapped in for birdie, but Woods lipped out and settled for par. Woods +1, Mediate +1.

NO. 15

Par 4, 478 yards

The most exciting hole so far, Mediate sank a 25-foot putt for his third straight birdie after Woods blasted onto the green from a bunker along the right side of the adjacent ninth fairway. Woods missed his 12-footer for birdie. Mediate E, Woods +1.

NO. 16

Par 3, 225 yards

Woods' 50-foot birdie putt from the lower edge of the green stopped one turn shy of the cup. Mediate's even longer putt from just off the green also had a chance to drop but he, too, settled for a tap-in par. Mediate E, Woods +1.

NO. 17

Par 4, 441 yards

Woods left a 20-foot birdie putt short and tapped in for par, and Mediate, who had to endure "Go Tiger!" yells from the gallery while setting up for his second shot out of the right rough, also parred the hole after his 45-footer for birdie rolled three feet past the cup. Mediate E, Woods +1.

NO. 18

Par 5, 525 yards

One shot down, Woods drove down the middle and hit the green in two from 217 yards. Mediate drover into the left bunker, laid up short and hit his third on from 120 yards. Woods' putt from 45 feet went by the hole and Mediate's 20-footer for birdie slid by. Woods made his four-footer for birdie, Mediate his three-footer for par to force sudden death. Mediate E, Woods E.

SUDDEN DEATH

NO. 7

Par 4, 461 yards

Woods had honors in the first sudden death hole and drove long on the right edge of the fairway. Mediate pulled his drive into the left fairway bunker and hit his second shot way left. He was given a free drop near the grandstand and pitched on 18 feet past the hole. Woods hits his second to the front of the green, left his birdie putt just short and tapped in for par. Mediate's putt rolled past the hole. Woods wins the U.S. Open.