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Tiger Woods Scores Record Victory at U.S. Open

Aired June 19, 2000 - 9:09 a.m. ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: In the world of sports this weekend, wow.

DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: Wow, that says it right there, one word.

HEMMER: Tiger Woods was any one of a hundred adjectives this past weekend at the U.S. Open golf tournament from Pebble Beach. Beautiful stuff.

KAGAN: He was great, phenomenal. He didn't just win big. He broke the record and record books. And it would take someone like our Jim Huber to tell the story.

Here is Jim.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

JIM HUBER, CNN CORRESPONDENT: On Father's Day, a son burst forth, one made of brilliance and fierce inner-strength, one that absolutely dazzled the golf world once again, finishing the greatest run-away victory in major championship history.

TIGER WOODS, U.S. OPEN WINNER: To win our open champion, being an American, I mean, it is great feeling, I mean, it is hard to describe. You know, going out there during the week knowing that you are playing well and you just don't want to put yourself behind the eight-ball and to play as solidly as I did all week. It is just hard to put into words and describe the emotions that are going through me.

HUBER: What was as impressive as Tiger Woods' strength or touch on this 100th U.S. Open was his inner fire. When nobody seemed willing or able to put any heat on him, and after all a 10 shot lead going in is rather daunting, he supplied his own heat and wound up winning by a record 15 strokes.

WOODS: To be honest with you, it is really hard to -- for me to comprehend and grasp what I have done. Even when I won The Masters in '97, I didn't really realize what I had done to probably a year or two after I had finished the tournament. And it was just one of those things where I think it is just going to take time.

HUBER: The day, unlike Saturday's chill gales, was warm and windless, and 48 or the 63 men bettered their third round scores in the final. But it mattered little, for this open had been closed for days.

TOM WATSON: I am not surprised. They are all playing for second place.

NICK FALDO: I mean, I am technically not exempt next year, so at least I made top 16 to get an exemption, so that was one goal, yes, and finishing inside, you know, less than 20 back from Tiger was the second goal.

FRED COUPLES: He is playing awfully well. And you know, you are not going to stop him. So whoever beats him, you know, has to play their best, and right now, I'm sure a lot of people are playing well. But, you know, he's just so strong, he is making so many birdies that, you know, I can count the putts I made on one hand, and I have seen him make four or five a day.

HUBER: Woods thus wins the third major championship of his career, and the 12th victory in his last 22 tournaments. Along this U.S. Open rout, he had biggest 36 hole lead since 1903 and the largest 54 hole lead even in an open, and his 272 final score ties the all- time open record.

And though it wasn't easy, it was just this simple.

WOODS: This week I made a lot of those par puts to keep the momentum or build on what I already had, and for some reason, making a big par putt is a lot better than making a birdie, especially in a tournament like this.

HUBER (on camera): And so Tiger Woods puts the U.S. Open with his Masters and PGA championships and heads now next month to St. Andrews, heavily favored to become only the fifth man in history to complete the career grand slam. How is this for a five-some: Gene Sarrison (ph), Gary Player, Ben Hogan, Jack Nicklaus, and Tiger Woods. And you ask how far he's come?

From the U.S. Open, at Pebble Beach, I'm Jim Huber.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

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