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June 20, 1982

Colin Montgomerie was sitting in the Pebble Beach clubhouse in 1992 and feeling confident in his chances of earning the trophy for his first U.S. Open victory when Tom Kite stunned the Scot. With whipping winds in excess of 40 miles-per-hour plaguing golfers still on the course, Montgomerie's clubhouse lead looked like it would hold up. Instead, with an improbable birdie on the seventh hole of the final round, Kite positioned himself for the win. His ball was in the tall grass off the green, but he managed to dig it out with a shot that hit the flagstick and dropped into the cup. Kite went on to win by two strokes.