Rocco Mediate almost won the 2008 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines South Course, which would have made it his only major championship win; however, he lost to the fourth golfer to win the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
In 2016, Mediate won the Senior PGA Championship, one of the five senior majors. In the 2008 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines South Course, he finished runner-up after losing the first sudden death hole after an 18-hole playoff to Tiger Woods. 
