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Would this hypothetical scenario be the most devastating loss in sports history?
Posted on 4/12/21 at 1:49 pm
Posted on 4/12/21 at 1:49 pm
Imagine this: 2030 U.S. Open. Mickelson has just turned 60 and is one hole away from one of the greatest victories in golf history. Not only would he finally win his first US Open, but he would become the oldest golfer to win a major championship on the PGA Tour, something Tom Watson almost did at the 2009 British Open.
Through the first 54 holes, Mickelson has built an 11-stroke lead. After 71, the margin is down to 5.
On the 72nd hole (a par 4), Mickelson four-putts (including missing a 1-foot putt on stroke 6), resulting in a triple bogey, and Connor Cink (son of Stewart Cink, who beat Tom Watson in the 2009 British Open) eagles the hole to force a playoff, where Cink wins.
This scenario basically combines the following losses into one all-time heartbreak:
-Scott Hoch's missed 2-foot putt that would've won the 1989 Masters
-Greg Norman's final day collapse at the 1996 Masters
-Jean Van de Velde's final hole collapse at the 1999 British Open
-Tom Watson's near miss at the 2009 British Open
-Phil Mickelson constantly finishing 2nd at the U.S. Open, the only major he's never won
Through the first 54 holes, Mickelson has built an 11-stroke lead. After 71, the margin is down to 5.
On the 72nd hole (a par 4), Mickelson four-putts (including missing a 1-foot putt on stroke 6), resulting in a triple bogey, and Connor Cink (son of Stewart Cink, who beat Tom Watson in the 2009 British Open) eagles the hole to force a playoff, where Cink wins.
This scenario basically combines the following losses into one all-time heartbreak:
-Scott Hoch's missed 2-foot putt that would've won the 1989 Masters
-Greg Norman's final day collapse at the 1996 Masters
-Jean Van de Velde's final hole collapse at the 1999 British Open
-Tom Watson's near miss at the 2009 British Open
-Phil Mickelson constantly finishing 2nd at the U.S. Open, the only major he's never won
This post was edited on 4/12/21 at 2:00 pm
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Posted on 4/12/21 at 1:50 pm to karmew32
Damn son. You that bored? 
This post was edited on 4/12/21 at 1:51 pm
Posted on 4/12/21 at 1:52 pm to karmew32
Is a perfect avatar for this post
Posted on 4/12/21 at 1:53 pm to karmew32
Yeah, probably. It's also really, really outlandish. An 11-stroke lead has probably only happened at the US Open once, and that was Tiger at Pebble - which will never happen again because that tournament is part of the reason they tried to "Tiger proof" everything.
Also, Phil won't be playing the US Open much longer, because he won't be able to qualify for it. He'd have to get in via qualifying.
Also, Phil won't be playing the US Open much longer, because he won't be able to qualify for it. He'd have to get in via qualifying.
Posted on 4/12/21 at 1:53 pm to karmew32
Got some time on your hands this Monday afternoon eh?
Posted on 4/12/21 at 1:54 pm to Eat Your Crow
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He'd have to get in via qualifying.
wins senior open.
Posted on 4/12/21 at 1:59 pm to CelticDog
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wins senior open.
I thought only winners of the US Amateur, the junior amateur, and mid-amateur qualify? Not the senior winner, but I could be wrong...
ETA: There wasn't a 2020 Senior Open because of Covid, so that's probably why I'm not seeing a senior open winner in the 2021 US Open field.
This post was edited on 4/12/21 at 2:08 pm
Posted on 4/12/21 at 2:07 pm to karmew32
Hahahaha...didn't get the response you wanted on the Golf Board, so you thought you'd get a better response here, of all places?
Posted on 4/12/21 at 2:23 pm to karmew32
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the most devastating loss in sports history?
no, because it's golf.
And I like golf, so I'm not disparging the sport. I'm just staying pro football/baseball/basketball epic collapses are going to register historically on a grander scale than golf.
Posted on 4/12/21 at 2:38 pm to karmew32
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Would this hypothetical scenario be the most devastating loss in sports history?
28-3 would have to cease existing
Posted on 4/12/21 at 2:44 pm to karmew32
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karmew32
boards most appropriate avatar
Posted on 4/12/21 at 2:52 pm to RummelTiger
quote:theres a Golf Board?
Hahahaha...didn't get the response you wanted on the Golf Board, so you thought you'd get a better response here, of all places?
Posted on 4/12/21 at 2:58 pm to VerlanderBEAST
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theres a Golf Board?
Come join us, BEAST!
Posted on 4/12/21 at 3:35 pm to WG_Dawg
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And I like golf, so I'm not disparging the sport. I'm just staying pro football/baseball/basketball epic collapses are going to register historically on a grander scale than golf.
in those other sports, it's whole teams collapsing
and i disagree. we all know about Greg Norman and Van de Velde up there with any of them
in this scenario everyone would be rooting for Phil, probably even the winner
This post was edited on 4/12/21 at 3:38 pm
Posted on 4/12/21 at 4:28 pm to karmew32
Phil's won three Masters and the British Open. Who cares about him not winning the Mickey Mouse U.S. Open?
Posted on 4/12/21 at 4:33 pm to Bench McElroy
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Who cares about him not winning the Mickey Mouse U.S. Open?
Phil. It haunts him; he has stated as much.
Posted on 4/12/21 at 7:06 pm to karmew32
You have a lot of time on your hands.
Posted on 4/13/21 at 9:03 am to chalmetteowl
The crippling disappointment from Watson not closing out the 2009 British Open is almost universal among sports fans. Imagine that happening to arguably the greatest golfer to never achieve the Triple Crown, in the only major missing from his resume, and losing it in a combined Hoch/Norman/Van de Velde fashion.
Posted on 4/13/21 at 9:50 am to karmew32
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The crippling disappointment from Watson not closing out the 2009 British Open is almost universal among sports fans.
Poll this board and see how many people are familiar with it and feel that way.
I had no idea this occurred before reading this thread.
Posted on 4/13/21 at 11:08 am to karmew32
I'm glad to see that no one has fat-fingered the up-vote button by mistake.
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