Although everybody was expecting Tiger Woods to conquer Oakmont on his way to a U.S. Open victory, things did not exactly work out this way. Despite playing four solid days of golf, Woods was not able to hold off Angel Cabrera this time around. Who, you may ask? Although most casual golf fans had never heard of Cabrera before the U.S. Open, his name will surely surface more and more in the upcoming months. After all, he is the U.S. Open champ!

There is really no way to explain this year’s U.S. Open. If you watched just a few minutes of the tournament you are probably well aware of the fits that Oakmont was giving the entire field. This can be seen plain enough by the five over par score that allowed Cabrera to win his first major championship. As you can imagine, it is not often that an over par score will be good enough to win a PGA Tour event.

But despite tough course conditions, beating Oakmont was all about which player would stay mentally tough hole in and hole out. And even though Tiger is usually the best at this, Cabrera was just a touch better this time around.

Both Woods and Jim Furyk finished in second place at six over par. Coming in second meant more than $600,000 each for the two of them. But even with all that money, it is safe to say that a U.S. Open victory at Oakmont would have meant more.

Source: newsimg.bbc.co.u