Inside The Book Are You Kidding Me?

Are You Kidding Me? has been a great book so far. It tells the story of how Rocco Mediate made it onto the PGA Tour and went head to head against Tiger Woods in a playoff at the U.S. Open. This book has two subjects in a way, how Rocco Mediate met John Feinstein, and Rocco and Tiger's amazing match at the U.S. Open. John Feinstein met Rocco by accident sort of. Feinstein wrote a book called A Good Walk Spoiled while working with PGA Tour golfer Lee Janzen. One night when Janzen and Feinstein were going to dinner, Janzen brought Rocco to dinner with them. Feinstein was trying to have a personal interview with Lee Janzen so he didn't really like the idea of bringing a third person but it turned out Rocco helped out a lot. He reminded Janzen of a lot of little details during Lee Janzen's Open victory. After that night at dinner, John Feinstein and Rocco Mediate became great friends. John Feinstein is a big sports writer so he traveled to a lot of the golf tournaments. Rocco and John would talk in the locker room or out on the driving range. Now to the main part of the story, the 2008 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines. The U.S. Open is a four round tournament, Thursday through Sunday. Torrey Pines is a very difficult golf course and is a par 71. On the first day Rocco Mediate had a three shot lead over Woods. By the fourth day, Tiger and Rocco were tied up at one under par. Woods and Mediate became the first ever golfers to finish the U.S. Open under par since 2004. Tiger and Rocco would go into an eighteen hole playoff Monday. Woods and Rocco played amazing in the playoff, each winning and losing a certain times in the round. By the end of the playoff, Rocco and Tiger had tied again at an even 71. This meant they would go into a sudden death playoff. The sudden death playoff started on number seven at Torrey Pines, a tough par four. It turned out Woods made a par beating Rocco's bogey ending the playoff on the first hole. Tiger won the 2008 U.S. Open and one million three hundred fifty thousand dollars. Rocco had won eight hundred ten thousand dollars. Rocco was forty six years old while Tiger was thirty three. Rocco had suffered back injuries over the years but still put up a tremendous fight. The 2008 U.S. Open was one of the most famous tournaments of all time and will always be remembered.

Sources:
Are You Kidding Me? By: Rocco Mediate and John Feinstein
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_Woods
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_U.S._Open_(golf)