Curtis Strange knows a little something about winning the U.S. Open in a playoff, and even he's impressed with Tiger Woods' victory this year.
"It's mind-boggling what he did," said Strange, who won the event in 1998 at The Country Club in nearby Brookline. "He was able to will his way to victory."
Strange earned his first major victory in the '88 Open by winning an 18-hole playoff against Nick Faldo, then won the tournament again the next year -- he's the last player to win consecutive U.S. Opens -- for his only other major.
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