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2008 U.S. Open
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There are many staggering statistics relating to Tiger Woods and his nearly 12 years of superiority in the world of professional golf. Try this one: If the Cypress native wins this month’s U.S. Open, it will be his fifth consecutive victory and seventh overall at Torrey Pines. No other golfer in PGA Tour history can make that claim. Jack Nicklaus won the Masters six times, but his best streak was two consecutive green jackets. Alex Ross was a six-time champion in the North & South Open at Pinehurst No. 2, but his most prolific run also was two in a row in 1907 and 1908. And while Sam Snead won the Greater Greensboro Open eight times, his victories were divided between Sedgefield and Starmount Forest country clubs. “It fits my eye,” Woods said of the South Course after winning the Buick Invitational by eight shots this year. “I feel very comfortable here. I can read the greens even though they’re a little bit bouncy.” Although Woods has 13 major titles, only two have been U.S. Opens, and his lone missed cut at a major came in the 2006 U.S. Open at Winged Foot, shortly after the death of father, Earl. But the sites of his two U.S. Open victories bear similarities to Torrey Pines. His victory in 2000 was at Pebble Beach — another oceanfront course that played as a par 71 — and in 2002, Woods won at Bethpage Black, which, prior to Torrey Pines, was the only municipal venue to play host to a U.S. Open. The bottom line is that Woods feels at home at Torrey Pines. Bet against him at your own risk. |
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