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Rocco Mediate says he’s not bothered by NBC golf analyst Johnny Miller saying the 45-year old golfer “looks like the guy who cleans Tiger’s swimming pool,” and “Guys with the name ‘Rocco’ don’t get on the trophy” during the U.S. Open. Mediate was in Rhode Island on Monday to play in the CVS Caremark Charity Classic at the Rhode Island Country Club. He won the tournament five years ago. Miller apologized Friday for his description of Mediate, who is of Italian heritage. Miller said the...
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Powerless to put Tiger Woods away and exhausted from this U.S. Open that would not end, Rocco Mediate plopped down above bunker on the 18th green, crisscrossed his legs and scribbled down his score. The 91st hole would have to wait. Woods, who had just birdied No. 18 to force a playoff for the second straight day, chuckled as the 45-year-old Mediate caught his breath. Mediate’s quest to become the oldest golfer to win a major came to a crashing end on the first hole of sudden death Monday...
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Rocco Mediate took centre stage at the Buick Open on Wednesday on his first day back at work since losing a bruising 91 hole battle with Tiger Woods at the U.S. Open. With world number one Woods out of action for the rest of the year following reconstructive surgery on his left knee on Tuesday, the chatty Mediate had the limelight to himself as he relived the Torrey Pines duel. That epic performance captured the imagination of fans around the world, with Mediate still basking in the glory...
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Rocco Mediate knows he’ll be the answer to a trivia question someday. Which trivia question? That’s still up for grabs. He’ll either go down as the first player to beat Tiger Woods one on one in a major, or the first one to lose to Woods in an 18-hole playoff at the U.S. Open. The way Mediate sees it, anything is possible—a reality proven by the fact that he was somehow still standing Sunday, preparing for 18 holes against the world’s best player after the fourth, but not final, round at...
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Filed under: Golf, PGA Notes from the tail end of the FedEx Cup run at the Wyndham Championship in Greensboro. Rocco Mediate charmed the pants off of America with his beguiling smile and tireless attacking of a one-ACL'd Tiger Woods at the U.S. Open. People knew who Rocco was before that, but...
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After big-time exposure from an event like the U.S. Open, I normally give a sponsor update for the winner (yeah, I know Tiger was carrying a Gatorade to accept the trophy). But even though Rocco Mediate lost out to Tiger Woods on the 91st-hole of an ...
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LAGUNA BEACH, CA -- 08/12/08 -- Propelled to international acclaim by his legendary US Open bout with Tiger Woods, five-time PGA tour winner Rocco Mediate has endorsed the award-winning TrueSwing golf training aid. Geared to fixing slices or hooks ...
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Propelled to international acclaim by his legendary US Open bout with Tiger Woods, five-time PGA tour winner Rocco Mediate has endorsed the award-winning TrueSwing golf training aid.
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On the fourth hole of the first round of the 90th PGA Championship at Oakland Hills, Rocco Mediate, golf's newest everyman, buried his tee shot into the dense jungle of rough down on the right side of the fairway. It was the kind of lie that almost ...
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