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Tiger Woods, arguably the world's most famous athlete, is on his way to Central New York.

Since returning from injury Tiger Woods has reasserted himself as the best golfer in the world.

Tiger Woods has reached the back nine of perhaps the most remarkable career in golf history.

The talk surrounding Tiger Woods coming into the 2009 U.S. Open was about whether the world's No.

People who say watching golf is boring must not have tuned into the last two U.S. Opens.

In something of a reversal of fortune at Bethpage Black, instead of bomb and gouge, it paid to dink and dunk, as long as one did it very, very carefully.

Loves the big stage." WIDTH="290" alt=""> Loading new images... Last updated: 3:17 am June 20, 2009 Posted: 2:25 am June 20, 2009 It must be something about U.S. Opens and the big stage for Rocco Mediate, because he was at it again yesterday.

Ricky Barnes seized the rain-soaked lead with a world ranking of No. 519, zero victories as a professional and his brother as his caddie - 10 years after Andy Barnes played in the U.S. Open and Ricky carried his bag.

Ricky Barnes still leads at Bethpage Black, but others, like 2008 runner-up and Pennsylvania native Rocco Mediate, pictured here, continue to struggle.

Bruce Dowbiggin Miller shoots from the lip No one in the history of golf broadcasting has so eagerly carved up the sensitive egos and tetchy personalities of the PGA Tour Bruce Dowbiggin Last updated on Saturday, Jun.

In the 2008 version of EA Sports' PGA Tour one player found a "Walk on Water" glitch that Tiger Woods later performed in real, non-video game life.

His accent was reminiscent of Tony Soprano. Hers a little more like Fran Drescher.

As I walked down the side of the 10th hole yesterday, the New York State trooper taking the same route sort of casually mentioned that, oh by the way, during his pre-tournament briefing he'd been reminded to "make sure to wear the vest" this week.

It's hard to believe that it was a year ago yesterday that Tiger Woods beat Rocco Mediate in an exciting playoff to win the 2008 U.S. Open golf tournament at Torrey Pines.

The gallery when Phil Mickelson finally reached the opening tee at the U.S. Open stretched the length of a football field.

"We're not trying to embarrass the best players in the game. We're trying to identify them." Sandy Tatum, a USGA official, made that since oft-repeated comment about the U.S. Open in 1974, when players complained loud and long about the fiendish difficulty of the nerve-wrackingly narrow and long course at Winged Foot, where Hale Irwin was the ...

As dramatic as Tiger's victory was last year at Torrey Pines, it was made that much better because he had a worthy adversary... by Ben Gibson 15 reads Preview/Prediction June 17, 2009 As dramatic as Tiger's victory was last year at Torrey Pines, it was made that much better because he had a worthy adversary.

June 16 1927 - Tommy Armour wins the U.S. Open with a three-stroke victory over Harry Cooper in a playoff.

Course: Bethpage State Park, Black Course . Purse: TBA . Winner's share: TBA . Television: ESPN and NBC .

The U.S. Open has been slamming its door on the toes of European contenders for nearly four decades.