Rory McIlroy authors one of the greatest collapses in golf history
He was poised to end all those years without winning another major when he couldn’t make a birdie over the last 17 holes, couldn’t hit a fairway to even give himself a good chance, and he finished one shot behind in the U.S. Open.
This was tough to watch, among the great collapses in golf, though not the worst in a U.S. Open or any other major.Already a runner-up three times in the U.S. Open, Mickelson had a one-shot lead going to the 18th hole at Winged Foot. He missed another fairway, took on a heroic shot he didn’t need with a 3-iron and made double bogey to lose by one.
Jan Van de Velde losing a three-shot lead with a triple bogey on the final hole at Carnoustie in 1999. Ed Sneed losing a three-shot lead with three holes to play and then losing in a playoff at the 1979 Masters. Scott Hoch missing a 30-inch putt that would have won the 1989 Masters in a playoff.He did all the right things – mainly find the fairway in the final round of a U.S.
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