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Popular American golfer best known for his putting ‘choke’ during the final day of the Open Championship at St Andrews in 1970
The American golfer Doug Sanders, who has died aged 86, will go down in sporting history for missing a 30in putt to win the 1970 Open Championship at St Andrews, which he then lost in a play-off to Jack Nicklaus. It was the kind of nervy challenge that every club player dreads in a pressure situation, especially as the putt had a slight borrow on it. But it was one that any self-respecting professional would have expected to hole.
Instead, in a moment that has often been cited as one of the game’s biggest “chokes”, Sanders jabbed at the stroke so badly that the ball went comfortably to the right of the cup, not even touching the hole. Asked if he ever thought about the miss in later years, he answered: “Only every four or five minutes.” Continue reading...