Tiger Woods' 2008 US Open win comes up during rain delay: Here's how he beat leg injury to win top prize
Tiger Woods played the 2008 US Open with a double-stress fracture in his left tibia and a torn left ACL. The victory gave Woods his 14th major championship
The 2025 US Open at Oakmont Country Club saw a rain delay during Sunday's final round, so Tiger Woods’ 2008 win at the championship came up for the fans to watch again on television.
While this year's championship has been a fantastic spectacle, what Woods achieved 18 years ago is still the stuff of legends. And NBC couldn't find anything better to show during the rain delay.
Woods played the 2008 US Open with a double-stress fracture in his left tibia and a torn left ACL. The victory gave Woods his 14th major championship, his last before 2019.
How Tiger Woods beat leg injury and Rocco Mediate to win 2008 US Open
Tiger Woods and Rocco Mediate battled it out through the final round on Sunday, and went to an 18-hole playoff on Monday after Woods holed an iconic 12-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole of the tournament to force the playoff. All through the golf legend's multiple leg injuries.
The playoff was a spectacle, with Mediate storming back from a three-stroke deficit on the back-nine to take a one-stroke lead going into the final hole. Again, Woods birdied the 18th, sending the playoff into a playoff. Tiger then parred the first sudden death hole to win the tournament.
There has been nothing like what came to be known as Woods' ‘one-legged major’. He had won big championships before, and others have too, but nothing tops the heroics of beating the world's best player while standing on one leg.
The play has resumed at the 2025 US Open after the rain delay and Sam Burns is leading the pack. So NBC didn't get the chance to show the full rerun of the 2008 championship. It was when Tiger Woods showed why he was the best, and today's rerun reminded the fans why he still is the best there ever was on the golf course.
