Woods forces 18-hole playoff

SAN DIEGO - In a week of epic moments at the U.S. Open, Tiger Woods delivered the biggest one yet.

It didn't bring him another major, just another chance.

Down to his last stroke Sunday afternoon at Torrey Pines, Woods rapped a 12- foot birdie putt that bumped along toward the hole and swirled into the back corner of the cup without an inch to spare.

In a career filled with clutch putts, this one put Woods into an 18-hole playoff Monday against Rocco Mediate, who was in the scoring room watching the 18th hole theatrics unfold on TV.

''Unbelievable,'' Mediate said. ''I knew he'd make it.''

They finished at 1-under 283, the first time since 2004 that someone broke par in a U.S. Open.

Mediate closed with an even-par 71, missing a chance to eliminate Woods when his wedge to the 18th stayed atop the ridge and left him a 30-footer that he two-putted for par.