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Denmark’s Lucas Bjerregaard was having a tough day as it was, lying three-over after his first eight holes of the 2019 US Open.

The he walked onto the 18th tee – his ninth – and, well, the wheels really came off.

The 27-year-old – a beaten semi-finalist in the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play Championship in March – came a cropper, carding a sextuple-bogey 11 (yep, ELEVEN) to tumble way down the leaderboard.

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It’s not entirely clear what happened although it appears he found the Pacific Ocean twice off the tee and stuck another shot out of bounds before finally getting a ball in play at the fourth time of asking. 

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Lucas Bjerregaard Us Open Nightmare
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On a day of uncharacteristically low scoring at the US Open, that 18th hole horror show sent Bjerregaard briefly to the bottom of the leaderboard. 

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It was the highest score for one hole at a US Open since John Daly had a 14 – coincidentally, also on the 18th at Pebble Beach – in 2000.

However, he can console him with the fact that it’s still some way off being the worst score ever clocked up at the championship. That dubious honour belongs to Ray Ainsley, who carded a 19 on the par-4 16th at Cherry Hills in 1938.


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Michael McEwan is the Deputy Editor of bunkered and has been part of the team since 2004. In that time, he has interviewed almost every major figure within the sport, from Jack Nicklaus, to Rory McIlroy, to Donald Trump. The host of the multi award-winning bunkered Podcast and a member of Balfron Golfing Society, Michael is the author of three books and is the 2023 PPA Scotland 'Writer of the Year' and 'Columnist of the Year'. Dislikes white belts, yellow balls and iron headcovers. Likes being drawn out of the media ballot to play Augusta National.

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