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Everyone Said the Same Thing About Tiger Woods During the 2025 U.S. Open Weather Delay

Originally posted on Athlon Sports | By Zachary Neel | Last updated Jun 15, 2025 8:06 PM ET

The golf world got a shot of adrenaline in the arm on Sunday afternoon during the middle of the final round of the 2025 U.S. Open.

It had nothing to do with the play at Oakmont Country Club, but rather what NBC decided to air during the weather delay that lasted over an hour in the middle of the round. Smartly, NBC decided to air the final few rounds of the 2008 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines, which was won in dramatic fashion by Tiger Woods, who defeated Rocco Mediate in an 18-hole playoff.

It was a fun break for golf fans, who got to witness some of the most historic shots of Woods' career while taking a break from the treacherous conditions at Oakmont.

In a social media phenomenon, fans started live-tweeting the replay as if it were actually happening, with everyone virtually going back in a time machine for a bit and experiencing peak Tiger Woods.

It left just about everyone with a similar reaction, as seen here by Bill Simmons:

"Goddamn I miss watching Tiger Woods in his prime," Simmons said.

"People are just waking up from their Fathers' Day couch naps to witness Tiger Woods charging on the TV wondering if they just time-travelled," another fan added.

i do miss watching Tiger Woods play golf
— Dylan Dethier (@dylan_dethier) June 15, 2025

"The U.S Open is gonna get back from rain delay and lose half their viewers to people going to YouTube to finish watching Tiger Woods in 2008," Jon Rich accurately pointed out.

"going straight to 13 at Torrey Pines for Tiger Woods' Saturday charge in 2008 is one of the better broadcasting moves i've ever seen," one fan added.

Lets be honest, isn't watching old school Tiger Woods highlights what most dads wanted to do today anyway?

Happy Father's Day to all the dads who got their wish. And all the other ones too pic.twitter.com/sCuM4BW3eI
— Aaron Torres (@Aaron_Torres) June 15, 2025

Play has since resumed at the 2025 U.S. Open, so we are back to live action after over an hour delay. But there likely aren't many fans who are complaining about how the weather delay was spent. There are few things more enjoyable than watching a prime Tiger Woods play golf.

This article first appeared on Athlon Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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