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Arnold and Jack share a smoke.

Loose Impediments: The Peacock’s Missed Putt

Dubbed the ‘Peacock of the Fairways’ for his trend setting mock turtlenecks and love of clothes, the flamboyant Doug Sanders won 20 tournaments over the course of a PGA Tour career that spanned three decades. Unfortunately for Sanders, it was the tournament that he didn’t win that defined his career.

At the 1970 British Open, Sanders was in line to capture what would’ve been considered by far the greatest victory of his career on the most revered golf course in the world, the birthplace of golf, St. Andrews.

Sanders who was trying to hold off a surging Jack Nicklaus reached the 72nd green with the only obstacle standing in his way, a knee knocking 30-inch sidehill putt. He missed the putt sliding it by the right edge of the hole. The rest is golf history and in Sanders’ case, golf infamy.

If the putt dropped it would have given Sanders a one shot win over Jack Nicklaus. Instead, the two would play an 18-hole playoff the next day. Sanders would play solid throughout the playoff, but as Nicklaus did so many times during his career, he sank clutch putts at crucial moments, rolling in an 8-foot birdie putt on the final hole to beat Sanders by one shot.

Since the 1970 British Open, Sanders has revealed that his mind does wander to that putt he missed on the 72nd green “only about every four or five minutes.”

With The Masters just around the [Amen Corner] we thought it would be neat to give a few shout outs to our favorite ‘Masters Moments’ leading up to granddaddy of them all April 7–10 at the historic Augusta National Golf Club.

It would virtually almost impossible not to mention the epicness that was the 1986 Masters Tournament when discussing our favorite Masters Moments.

The 1986 Masters Tournament was the 50th Masters Tournament and definitely ‘one for the ages’. At 46, Jack Nickluas was considered an old fogie by most with his last tournament win two years prior and his last Masters victory coming way back in 1975. However, this was one of those magical Spring weekends in Georgia that transcended sport as Jack Nicklaus turned back the clock closing with a final round 65 to win by one stroke over Tim Kite and Greg Norman, winning his 6th Masters and 18th career Major Championship.