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He is the one-time PGA Tour winner who shot both the first and second 29 over nine holes in US Open history

Neal Lancaster, a 64-year-old golfer with just one PGA Tour victory and a single top-30 major finish, etched his name into US Open history with a pair of remarkable rounds. At the 1995 US Open at Shinnecock Hills, Lancaster became the first player ever to shoot a 29-over-nine-hole stretch, birdieing six of his last eight holes to finish tied for fourth.

The following year, he repeated the feat during the second round of the 1996 US Open at Oakland Hills, posting another 29-over-nine-hole score before fading to a tie for 82nd—finishing alongside a young Tiger Woods, who would later dominate the tournament. Lancaster’s lone PGA Tour win came in 1994 at the GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic, where he triumphed in a historic six-man playoff, marking the first such playoff in PGA Tour history.

His career spanned 530 PGA Tour events, with his final appearance coming in 2019 at the Puerto Rico Open, where he withdrew after an opening-round 83.

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