Woods holds nerve to force play-off

It was agony for much of the day for Tiger Woods at Torrey Pines yesterday but in the end it turned to ecstasy as he sank a do-or-die 18-foot putt on the final green to force a play-off with Rocco Mediate in the 108th US Open Championship.

Woods had set the place alight on the back nine on Saturday with two outrageous eagle putts on the 13th and 18th and a chip in from thick rough at the 17th to move into a one-stroke lead over England’s Lee Westwood, with Mediate a further stroke back.