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4. 1971 Lee Trevino vs. Jack Nicklaus
280-280 (Trevino won playoff, 68-71)
Lee Trevino was hunched over a must-make 6-foot par putt on the 72nd hole, when crack...down came a spectator who had been watching from one of the scoreboards. Shaken, Trevino pushed the putt, then tapped in for bogey. Behind him, Jack Nicklaus bombed a drive down the middle, then stopped a 4-iron 14 feet below the cup for a putt to win. Nicklaus grazed the right edge — but missed.
The next day, on the first playoff hole, Trevino playfully tossed a toy snake at Nicklaus, but the Merry Mex's shotmaking was no joke: After snagging a two-shot lead at the third hole, Trevino never trailed.
Credit: Walter Iooss/SI
