The expulsion of Jordan Spieth 2016 Lands only in no. 7 on our list.
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From the archives: This section was originally published in March 2015.
Every April in Augusta National It brings happy news of a newcomer champion that played its way to glory between Georgia Pines and Azaleas.
But the masters also serve its part of the disaster, and this can happen to anyone.
In 2016, Jordan Spieth lost his Sunday’s lead in less than an hour, which was another reminder than Augusta National tax can be to the best players in the world. Without further ado, let’s revise Top 10 Master Melts that will never be lived down.
10. Roberto Devicenzo 1968
Go ahead and cry about it, Argentina. The truth is that your local son rested a 65 Bob Goolby. In addition, Devicenzo signed an incorrect card of the result as he failed to notice that his game partner Tommy Armor had scored it for a “4” in the 17th hole when in fact he would make a “3.” “What stupid I am to be wrong here,” Devicenzo said of the clergyman’s mistake, the wildest act of self-sacrifice in the history of the Masters. Outside the course, at least.
9. Greg Norman 1986
It was the best – and the worst – years for the Aussie superstar, who led all four diplomas to go Sunday, but left with only an open British victory. The first of his near losses came to Augusta, where he needed to see 18th to force a play-off with Jack Nicklaus, but blocked a four iron from the road and made Bogey. Glory to the golden bear. While Norman’s upset approach went largely forgotten among the whole Hoopla over the heroic of Nicklaus, the shark himself never released it. He later called him the “biggest regret” of his career.
8. Ken Venturi 1956
“Did I sank?” Venturi asked in his autobiography. Well, let’s consider the evidence. At 24, and competing as an amateur, Venturi built a four -shot lead on Sunday. In the last round of wind, he hit 15 greens in adjustment, but three times three times and stumbled upon an 80, losing a blow to Jackie Burke Jr., who played the whole event without a three Whack. No amateur ever won the masters. Half a century later, no amateur has approached as close as Venturi. Did he kill him? “If you go with my result, you can make that argument,” he wrote. “I choose to look at it differently.”
7. Jordan Spieth 2016
Gaining wire wire is an act of high wire. A mistake and everything comes up. As he made a turn on Sunday in Augusta, Spieth was on the right track to become the first player ever in pulling-to-back to every major. Leading with five to nine to play, he was acting at a staggering height. Bogeys at 10 and 11 were slides, but they hardly looked fatal. Then came the disaster at 12. A clumsy ball in the drink, followed by a drop and scrape of the brain that produced a catastrophic quadrilateral. Spieth tried to direct himself, but there was no cure. As the Golf world lit up with a free -rainy hero, Danny Willet tried to steal the show.
6. Rory Mcilroy 2011
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The duck hook he hit in 10 did not get Mcilroy out of the event. Not exactly. But she led viewers to a deeply wooded place near the doorstep of guest cabins that were rarely seen on TV. Shortly afterwards, Rory left with a triple trio, which he supported with a noise in the tough 11th, followed by a four-putt pair in the 12th. At a time when his car in 13 found Creek Rae, the four -shot superiority he would have to start the day had long been gone. So were his chances. “I will come out stronger for him,” insisted Mcilroy after fired 80, and he did, dancing again two months later to win the US Open with eight.
5. Ed sneed 1979
Leaving Sunday with a five -shot lead, Sneed played Golf ready in 15 holes. Too bad they ask you to complete the 18th. Inch game? In the case of Sneed, it was more like millimeters. The one with three 16 strokes for Bogey, lowered the edge of the cup with a short offer to 17, then left a Putt at 18 teetering on the lips. His Nano-Misses were a great gift for the novice of masters Fuzzy Zoeller, who beat Sneed and Tom Watson with a bird in the second hole of sudden death.
4. Scott Hoch 1989
You can call it a melting. It looked more like a mental glow. Faced with a two -legged kick in 10 that would have stamped a win at the play off, Hoch drew his club and. . It didn’t even hit the hole. The shocking Miss gave birth to Nick Faldo, who buried a bird in the 11th. “After all, it really doesn’t make that change much,” Hoch said, without conviction, years later. “When you die and go, it doesn’t make that change much.” Maybe so, but we all know what will be the first line of his Obit.
3. Kenny Perry 2009
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In two to two to play, Perry had an arm in the green jacket. But it has no way to swing a club. During the next four holes, including two in sudden death, Perry lost green with short iron access, a painful low -light stretch from a brittle chip to 17th. Angel Cabrera won the tour, but Perry won hearts with its rare reflections after the round. “It looks like when I get down to those deals, it may not seem to execute them. Excellent players make it happen, and your medium players not.”
2. Curtis Strange 1985
Strange week really for the next back-to-back US OPEN winner. After being disfigured on Thursday with an open 80th round, Strange found his swinging, then found himself leading from two Sunday. Thinking Birdie in the 13th of the 13th, Strange made a mess in more ways than one, dunk of his four-wood access to Rae’s Creek, then sprinkling-shaking a wedge from the water with his next shooting. When he supported him Bogey with a rinsed ball 6 par-5 15, his long and strange journey was very finished. Bernhard Langer was injured with victory.
1. Greg Norman 1996
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He has never produced such a master’s degree. As every school child knows, Norman withdrew Sunday with a six -stroke lead to Nick Faldo. But a round that should have played as a grotesque morpon in a funeral march. After three straight strips in holes 9 to 11, Norman’s bullet was gone, and so was the fiery light in his eyes. A water ball in 12, and he became a dead man walking, Zombie-Golf going to a 78 while Faldo played the role of ruthless Undertaker. The closing holes were a gloomy formality, the television administration of the latest rites.
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