There’s not a single professional golfer out there who doesn’t have a shot they wish they could take again (some possibly quite a few).
Let’s imagine that we could hand out mulligans: who would be first in line asking to play ‘that’ shot again?
In no particular order, here are 10 that immediately spring to mind…
Bernhard Langer, 1991 Ryder Cup
Agony for Bernhard Langer and Europe at the 1991 Ryder Cup
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The 1991 Ryder Cup came down to the final hole of the final match between Bernhard Langer and Hale Irwin.
The German needed to win the 18th to secure a full point, which would have allowed Europe to retain the famous trophy for two more years.
After Irwin’s bogey, Langer had the opportunity to do just that, but the 6-footer par putt that he faced with certainly no gimme.
It grazed the edge. Later, Seve Ballesteros would say of Langer’s par effort, “Nobody in the world could have made that putt.”
Even so, the great man from Bavaria, a winner of two Masters titles, probably still relives that putt at Kiawah Island more than three decades later.
Colin Montgomerie, 2006 US Open
A dejected Colin Montgomerie walks off the 18th green at the 2006 US Open
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“If there is one shot in my career I could take again – and have taken again a million times in my mind’s eye – it would be my 7-iron from the 18th fairway,” Montgomerie later said in his autobiography.
It was heartbreaking to watch the great Scot blow his chance of Major glory.
He had ripped a drive down the final fairway and looked certain to claim that elusive Major title, only to throw a loose swing in at the most critical time.
Would the outcome have been different if he hadn’t been made to wait nervously for nearly 15 minutes whilst his playing partner, Vijay Singh, needed a ruling after finding the hospitality tents?
Maybe he’d have pulled the trigger without any doubt that he had the right club. We’ll never know.
Phil Mickelson, 2006 US Open
An anxious Phil Mickelson watches his drive on 18 sail into trouble during the final round of the 2006 US Open at Winged Foot
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Montgomerie wasn’t the only one who left Winged Foot crushed – Phil Mickelson made a series of huge errors…
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