Tiger Woods believes his dramatic US Open sudden-death playoff win over Rocco Mediate capped the greatest tournament of his career."I think this is the best, just because of all the things I had to deal with. It's a close one with the first (major) that I won (at the 1997 Masters).
"I dealt with a few things this week and just had to keep plugging along.
"I wasn't feeling my best, I didn't get off to the greatest of starts and when I finally got off to a good start (in the play-off) I screwed that up by finding the bunker on three."
Mediate battled back from three down after 10 holes of the play-off to go one up after 15, but Woods clawed it back - again needing a birdie on the last to take it to an extra hole for only the third time in US open history.
The 45-year-old runner-up said: "I think I had him a little scared. He said 'great fight' and that means the world to me."
Woods has now won 14 major championships - moved to within four major titles of Jack Nicklaus' all-time career record.
