Word: choker
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...third or semi-final round--doesn't get you just as eliminated as losing on the last Monday night with half the people in the country plus Al McGuire watching. Tell Ralph Sampson that wasn't a big one Carolina won Saturday. Or, tell him he's a choker, and he can't handle the pressure...
Watson had setbacks along the way. In the 1974 U.S. Open, he led by three strokes at the start of the final round, but collapsed and finished tied for fifth. Despite his 1975 win in the British Open, a reputation as a choker persisted. But by 1977, he had reached the level for which he had worked. He not only won the Masters, he beat Nicklaus by two strokes...