Name: Roger Maltbie capitalizes on lucky break to win inaugural Memorial Tournament
Uploaded: 2016-05-27T18:04:24.000Z
Duration: 26 s
Description: On the third playoff hole of the 1976 Memorial Tournament, Roger Maltbie's approach misses way left of the green, but his ball hits a half-inch wide rod in the ground and bounces back on to the green. Maltbie would make birdie on the next hole to win the inaugural playing of the Memorial.

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On the third playoff hole of the 1976 Memorial Tournament, Roger Maltbie's approach misses way left of the green, but his ball hits a half-inch wide rod in the ground and bounces back on to the green. Maltbie would make birdie on the next hole to win the inaugural playing of the Memorial.

Roger Maltbie capitalizes on lucky break to win inaugural Memorial Tournament

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