Phil lost the 2004 US Open due to a...

Frigging rock

https://www.golfdigest.com/story/us-open-2018-the-untold-story-of-phil-mickelsons-biggest-us-open-heartbreak

Had it not been for that frigging rock, Shinnecock would not have been remembered for the severe conditions. It would have been remembered as where Phil and Goosen had an 18 hole playoff that would have led to Phil's second major. The NY crowd would have ran Goosen off of the course by the 10th tee that Monday

I read that and felt ill.