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3. 2000 Tiger Woods vs. Pebble Beach
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The tournament began with a 21-ball salute to the late defending champion Payne Stewart, but by week's end, every man present paid awestruck tribute to the 2000 champion, Tiger Woods. "That was the best performance I've ever seen," said two-time U.S. Open champ Andy North. "Nothing else comes close."
So dominant was Woods in destroying a Pebble Beach layout where the second best score was 3-over-par 287 that it moved Ernie Els to say, "Finishing second is good. But it's kind of embarrassing to finish 15 shots behind a guy."
Tiger's wire-to-wire sledgehammer act broke nearly every major championship scoring record.
Credit: Elise Amendola/AP
