This Day in U.S. Open Golf--June 20

Thirty-five years ago today, a shot was played that culminated a dream for Tom Watson and dashed Jack Nicklaus' run at a record. When Watson holed a ridiculously tough birdie chip from the left of the 17th green in the 1982 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach, it led to victory in an event and at a location he'd often dreamed about.

Watson's ball runs toward the hole at 17 in the '82 U.S. Open

Like Arnold Palmer, Watson finished his career with one U.S. Open title, no PGA Championship, and an assortment of wins in the Masters and Open Championship. Nicklaus was trying to become the first man to win five National Opens, and was thinking it might happen after seeing where Watson was on 17. But the immortal shot and subsequent birdie on 18 relegated Jack to runner-up.