Yes, if we are still tied after 90 -- 90! -- holes of golf, the 108th U.S. Open will be decided in a sudden-death playoff, using holes 7, 8 and 18 in rotation.

No. 7 is a 461 yard, dogleg right par 4 that faces out toward the Pacific. Woods birdied today, Mediate parred.

No. 8 is a 177 yard par 3 with a large bunker protecting the front of the green. Mediate parred, Woods bogeyed.

No. 18, of course, is the finishing hole that Woods birdied to force a playoff. Woods is 3-under for his round at No. 18. Mediate is 2-under.

--Michael Becker
mbecker@pe.com

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