Poll: The Worst Final Hole Collapse to lose a major
A. Arnold Palmer needs par on 18 to win and a bogey for playoff, but double bogeys at 1961 Masters.
B. Jean Van De Velde needs a double bogey to win, but triple bogeys at 1999 Open at Carnoustie (loses in playoff).
C. Colin Montgomerie needs (as it later turned out) a par to win and a bogey for a playoff, but double bogeys at this year’s U.S. Open.
D. Phil Mickleson needs a par to win and a bogey for a playoff, but double bogeys at this year’s U.S. Open.
E. (UPDATE): from ESPN: “In 1939, Sam Sneed needed a par on the 72nd hole to win. But in the days before on-course scoreboards, Snead thought he needed a birdie. He played aggressively, made a triple-bogey 8 and finished two strokes out of a playoff, won by Byron Nelson.”
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