Tiger Woods accepts special exemption to play in U.S. Open

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Tiger Woods accepted a special exemption to play in the U.S. Open, the United States Golf Association announced on Thursday.

Woods, who won the U.S. Open in 2000, 2002 and 2008, will be making his 23rd overall appearance at the tournament when it begins on June 13 at Pinehurst, N.C.

"The story of the U.S. Open could not be written without Tiger Woods," USGA chief champions