Top 10 U.S. Open Golf Duels
At last year's U.S. Open in Torrey Pines, Calif., Tiger Woods and Rocco Mediate faced each other in an unforgettable playoff. Can a match at Bethpage Black live up to Tiger-Rocco? Throughout its 113-year history, the U.S. Open, which will be played June 18-21 in Bethpage, N.Y., has staged some of the most dramatic, and colorful, duels in golf. Here are TIME's 10 best.
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Unforgettable Playoffs
- Francis Ouimet vs. Harry Vardon (1913)
- Billy Burke vs. George Von Elm (1931)
- Jack Fleck vs. Ben Hogan (1955)
- Jack Nicklaus vs. Arnold Palmer (1962)
- Billy Casper vs. Arnold Palmer (1966)
- Lee Trevino vs. Jack Nicklaus (1971)
- Tom Watson vs. Jack Nicklaus (1982)
- Fuzzy Zoeller vs. Greg Norman (1984)
- Payne Stewart vs. Phil Mickelson (1999)
- Tiger Woods vs. Rocco Mediate (2008)
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