Phil Mickelson, 2006 U.S. Open

The near-misses for Mickelson at the U.S. Open are aplenty. But he has never come closer than the 2006 U.S. Open, standing on the 72nd tee at Winged Foot’s West course needing a bogey for the title. As with Johnson at the 2010 U.S. Open, you could pick any of his next three shots as Mickelson’s worst—we’ve chosen to pick on his second shot: His 3-iron that clanked off the trees and forced him to hit a similar shot. You could choose his (way) wayward tee shot, and we wouldn’t argue with you.