Gil Morgan, 1992 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach (Golf)

After opening rounds of 66 and 69, the 45-year-old former optometrist had a seven-shot lead when the wind started to gust off the Pacific. He double-bogied the 8th, bogied the 9th, double-bogied the 10th, bogied the 11th and 12th, and double-bogied the 14th. Though he managed to birdie 16 and 18, his lead was reduced to one shot. He shot 81 on Sunday for a tie for 13th. He never came as close to winning a PGA Tour major. “I kind of fell out of the sky,” he said later. “It felt like my parachute had a hole in it.”