An estimated 24,000 plus in attendance on a Monday -- lots of sudden sicknesses and dead grandmothers phoned in to bosses in San Diego, I'd gather -- and they've all traipsed back over to the seventh tee for the first hole of sudden death. Tiger had birdied it twice and parred it three times through the first five rounds. Rocco had a bogey and three pars before a birdie today.

Tiger is on the fairway after his tee shot. Rocco found another bunker, and it looks like he's in a bad spot, close to the lip of the trap.

Rocco's second shot is 183 yards to the hole out of the sand ... except he went way left, nestled next to the grandstand. Tiger, with 156 yards to the hole at the extreme right hand side of the fairway, puts it on the front of the green, about 20-25 feet from the pin.

Rocco takes a drop before his third shot, and it actually bounced out of the marked drop zone. His shot rolled past the pin, leaving him a 20-footer for par.

Tiger, with a chance to close it out, is short on his birdie putt. He falls to his knees in disgust, then taps it in for par.

That leaves it up to Rocco Mediate, attempting at 45 years, 7 months to be the oldest U.S. Open winner ever and the oldest first-time major champion ever. But his 20-footer, slides right, and Tiger Woods wins his third U.S. Open and his 14th career major.

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