Tiger Woods held off a late fightback by fellow American Rocco Mediate to win his 14th major title in a nailbiting playoff for the U.S. Open on Monday.
The world number one, three shots ahead after 10 holes, slipped to one behind playing the last before triumphing in sudden-death with a par at the 19th hole.
Woods, who birdied the par-five 18th to match Mediate's level-par round of 71, sealed victory with a regulation two-putt par at the seventh where his birdie attempt from 25 feet fell inches short.
Mediate bogeyed the hole after driving into a fairway bunker and pulling his approach into the left rough 100 yards short of the green. After reaching the green in three, he failed to sink the par putt from 20 feet.
