Well another U.S. Open is in the history books and what a great tournament it was. I feel for Rocco Mediate, he had Tiger on the ropes and just couldn't finish the job. I sure was pulling for him to do it, I like to see the underdog do well, but what can you do. I'm sure the several hundred thousand dollars in his bank account will ease the pain. Honestly, I am not the biggest Woods fan around, but he is definitely an awesome golfer. I'm going to wait til he breaks Nicklaus' record of 18 majors though before I will call him the best ever. I'm sure a lot of people think I'm crazy for saying that, but that's how the two of them should be measured. I saw a stat on the coverage that showed the number of top tens in majors. Nicklaus had 73 and Woods has 28. I believe Nicklaus finished runner up 20 times in majors. Those are tremendous stats that show just how dominant and consistent Nicklaus was and are numbers that Woods will never approach, but if he wins 19 or more, I guess he will be the best ever. Also, it appears that others are closing the gap on Tiger, because he's not winning by 8-12 shots anymore, he's having to work hard right to the finish. We'll see what happens in the coming months and years.
Great job Rocco, thanks for the exciting day and week of golf.
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