Worst Masters scores in history as American | Golf News

Nick Dunlap made headlines for all of the flawed causes after posting one of the worst scores in Masters history on the opening day.

The younger PGA Tour golfer made seven bogeys, 4 double bogeys and a triple bogey over the course of his nightmare first spherical. He ended up on 18-over-par, a card more than twice as unhealthy as another participant to take to the Augusta course.

Dunlap formally carded a rating of 90, placing him lifeless final and 11 photographs adrift of his nearest rival on the leaderboard. It was the worst Masters rating in a decade, with two-time champion Ben Crenshaw capturing 91 back in 2015. Remarkably, that was not the best rating in the history of the event.

That honour goes to Charlie Kunkle, who carded a final-round 95 in the 1956 version of the Masters. High winds made for testing situations and with Kunkle already battling the tempo of the greens, it was a recipe for catastrophe.

His undesirable report was unofficially overwhelmed in 1970, when Billy Casper shot a whopping 105 on the age of 73. However, he failed to show in his scorecard, that means it by no means counted in the official information.

different notably high scores embody the 94 carded by Doug Kirk in 2000 and Tommy Aaron’s nightmare spherical of 92 in 2003. Horton Smith was additionally chargeable for capturing 92 in 1962 earlier than following up with a barely improved 91 a yr later.

Fred McLeod and Chick Evans, in the meantime, carded scores of 91 in 1955 and 1960 respectively. Several others have matched Dunlap’s rating of 90 in the previous, together with the likes of Jock Hutchison and Frank Souchak.

Dunlap’s depressing spherical on the Masters got here simply over a yr after he gained the Desert Classic, which got here with a $1.5million high prize. However, he was ineligible to money that cheque as an novice participant and walked away with out a penny.

Reflecting on that financial blow in an interview with CNN, he stated: “It stings a little bit. At the time, I don’t think I really knew what $1.5m was. It wasn’t as hard as it is now. But ultimately, I got what I wanted in the end: a trophy.”

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Dunlap shall be determined to improve his rating when he returns to Augusta for the second spherical on Friday. There continues to be a probability for the 21-year-old to complete his event on a constructive word regardless of needing a miracle to make the midway cut.