Rocco Mediate still riding U.S. Open high into Buick Open
GRAND BLANC TOWNSHIP, Michigan — It's been more than week since he hooked up with Tiger Woods for an epic duel at the U.S. Open, but the buzz surrounding his close call against the world's No. 1-ranked player hasn't died down for Rocco Mediate.
And chances are it won't this week at the Buick Open, where Mediate will make his first PGA Tour appearance since Woods beat him on the 19th hole of a playoff at Torrey Pines.
Everywhere Mediate goes — at home in Pennsylvania last weekend, Monday and Tuesday at the CVS Charity Classic in Rhode Island, Wednesday in the Buick Open pro-am — he hears about how exciting the playoff was to watch on TV.
"The amazing thing is how many people said, 'My mother or my father who never watches golf couldn't take their eyes off the television," Mediate said after shooting 6-under-par 66 in the pro-am. "Obviously, it wasn't because of me. It was because of Tiger.
