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.

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