Playing a round of golf at Oakmont Country Club would have made the day worthwhile enough for Tim and Larry Moses of Butler.

Walking through a round of golf on the 2007 U.S. Open course with Tiger Woods?

"Ridiculous. Absolutely crazy,"Tim Moses said. "Nobody expected that."

But that's what the 80 invited golfers received as part of the American Express-sponsored golf outing April 23 at the fabled course.

Tim and Larry Moses, of Moses Jewelers, were among the invitees because of their company's connection with Rolex, a sponsor of the U.S. Open, which is scheduled for June 14 to 17 at Oakmont.

"We knew this outing was scheduled as an all-day thing," Tim Moses said. "We had breakfast there, played our 18 holes, then had lunch."

Tim, 47, shot a 96 for the day. Larry, 54, carded a 104. Neither cared about his score.

"I haven't been out here since 1994,"Larry Moses said. "It's such a beautiful place. It appealed to me right away."

Lunch ended by 1:30 p.m. The agenda called for activities until 7 p.m., yet a golf clinic was all that remained on the itinerary.

Mike Tirico of ESPNaddressed the gathering, then Robin Roberts of ABCNews did the same.

"The next thing we knew, Tirico asked Tiger Woods if he was back there and Tiger comes walking out to the podium,"Tim Moses said. "He said he hoped we didn't get slaughtered by the course too badly.

"Then he said,'I'm going to go play 18. Does anybody want to join me?' No way was anyone turning that down."

Tirico accompanied the gathering around the course and Woods explained how and why he was going to play each hole before he'd hit from the tee, fielding questions along the way.

"He talked about how he was playing his shots in front of the greens because the greens were so hard and fast,"Tim Moses said. "He'd explain why he's aiming for the right side or the left side — he told you everything he was thinking."

The par-3 No. 8 at Oakmont is 288 yards, making it the longest par-3 in U.S. Open history. Woods hit a 3-wood into a stiff wind and landed 25 feet to the right of the hole.

Tim Moses told him he beat that shot.

"I let him know my drive wound up 20 feet from the hole,"he said. "He asked me if I hit from the ladies tee. Actually, I teed off from 232 yards out."

Larry Moses said he was one-up on Tiger, too.

"I parred the No. 2, par-4 hole,"he said. "Tiger bogeyed that hole. There's a lifelong story for me."

Both were impressed with Woods as a person as well.

"He was so accessible and personable — a true gentleman,"Tim Moses said. "Obviously, you're in awe of his skills, but that man was so respectful of all of us."

Larry Moses echoed his brother's sentiments.

"Tiger doesn't have a million dollar smile. He has a $10 million dollar smile,"he said.

Woods had played 36 holes at Oakmont a day earlier. During the golfers' morning round Monday, rumors had circulated that Woods was still in town and was at the course.

No one could confirm those rumors until Woods walked out as part of the post-lunch program. His participation at this outing actually was scheduled since January.

"They couldn't let the word get out,"Tim Moses said. "That course would have been besieged."

As it was, the Moseses were two of the few to witness Woods' golfing prowess up close and personal.

"If you stood next to the tee box while he was teeing off, you couldn't see the ball,"Tim Moses said. "You heard it whizzing by you, that's all."