2008 in Sports - Golf

Golf

  • The Masters – Trevor Immelman wins his first major.
  • Tiger Woods wins the 2008 U.S. Open Golf Championship over Rocco Mediate following an eighteen hole playoff which they tie at even par. This forces a sudden death playoff on the seventh hole and Woods makes a par to Mediate's bogey.
  • United States defeats Europe to win the 2008 Ryder Cup at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky

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