June 15, 1946

Anonymous / ASSOCIATED PRESS

In contention for his sixth career major title at Cantebury Golf Club in the 1946 U.S. Open, Byron Nelson was felled by a mistake not of his own making. In the third round, his caddie had accidentally kicked his golf ball while walking down the fairway, resulting in a one-stroke penalty for Nelson. That penalty was the difference between winning outright and playing in a playoff, which is where Nelson lost to Lloyd Mangrum.