Tiger Woods never backs down. Even with a bad back and various surgeries halting his way to the top, the 48-year-old still plays the game and has the spirit to win it once again. And once upon a time, he conquered the worst injury to win the biggest. In the 2008 US Open, Woods entered an 18-hole playoff even with a bad knee. He was visibly struggling, using his club as a cane, and no one expected him to win.
However, despite the hurdles, the 82-time PGA Tour won the US Open for the third and last time at the sudden-death playoff against Rocco Mediate. The man from Pennsylvania had one close chance to win a major in his life, but Woods’s charge couldn’t be stopped and Mediate eventually lost and never won again. Although it was an enjoyable experience for Mediate, unsurprisingly, there was always criticism about what he could have done better or what he shouldn’t have done. So,…
