Claim: 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.
Evidence: 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.