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From The Pittsburgh Gazzette

By Gerry Dulac, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Arnold Palmer, one of three players from Western Pennsylvania to win a U.S. Open, had some advice for Greensburg native Rocco Mediate in his 18-hole playoff today with Tiger Woods, the world''s No. 1 player.

Don''t give up.

Palmer, 78, remembers the 1955 U.S. Open when Jack Fleck, a driving-range operator from Bettendorf, Iowa, beat the great Ben Hogan in an 18-hole playoff at the Olympic Club in San Francisco in what is still considered the greatest upset in golf History.

"I remember it very well," Palmer said this morning from his office in Latrobe. "[Fleck] didn''t have a chance in the world. But it can happen. And Rocco is playing well enough to win."

Mediate, 45, a five-time winner on the PGA Tour, has never won a major championship. What''s more, he would be the oldest champion in U.S. Open History if he manages to beat Woods in their 18-hole showdown at Torrey Pines in La Jolla, Calif.

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