U.S. Open Collapses Nothing New: ; Mickelson Joins Snead, Hogan, Palmer in Celebrated Failures
Charleston Gazette › June 20, 2006
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MAMARONECK, N.Y. - Phil Mickelson isn't the only major champion to blow the U.S. Open. He can only hope he doesn't end up like the others.
Sam Snead thought he needed a birdie on the par-5 18th hole at Philadelphia Country Club in 1939, then butchered the hole so badly that he wound up with a triple-bogey 8 and finished two shots out of the playoff.See the full content of this document
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U.S. Open Collapses Nothing New: ; Mickelson Joins Snead, Hogan, Palmer in Celebrated Failures
He never won a U.S. Open, the only major keeping him from the career Grand Slam.
Ben Hogan was locked in a duel of generations with Arnold Palmer and 20-year-old amateur Jack Nicklaus at Cherry Hills in 1960. He felt he needed a birdie on the par-5 17th, and h...See the full content of this document
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