Top 10 in 2012: Meltdowns

Mahan won twice early in 2012 and was No. 1 on the U.S. Ryder Cup points list entering the Masters. He had only one top-10 leading to the team’s finalizing and failed to make the squad. (Getty)

Winless on Tour since 2004, Daly shot 63 in Round 2 of the Justin Timberlake event in Las Vegas to move to T-6 entering the weekend. He then shot 86 in Round 3 and finished dead last. (AP)

Tseng won three of her first five starts in 2012 to continue her LPGA dominance but beginning in June, went 11 events without a top 10, missing three cuts. (Getty)

Levin tied a PGA Tour record for largest 54-hole lead lost, blowing a six-shot advantage Sunday in Phoenix. Kyle Stanley won the event after collapsing the week prior. (Getty)

Furyk held a share of the lead in the U.S. Open going to the par-5 16th Sunday at The Olympic Club but snap-hooked his tee shot and made bogey. One back on the 18th, he again made bogey and failed to win his second career major. (Getty)

Leading by one on the 72nd hole at Firestone, Furyk needed par to win and bogey to force a playoff with Keegan Bradley. Instead, he butchered the final hole for a double bogey to add to his U.S. Open heartbreak. (Getty)

Stanley led by three while playing his third shot to the par-5 18th at Torrey Pines. He hit that in the water, made triple and lost to Brandt Snedeker in a playoff. (Getty)

Kim missed an 18-inch putt to win the first major of the season, the Kraft Nabisco Championship, and then lost on the first playoff hole to Sun Young Yoo. (Getty)

Seeking his first major, Scott led by four with four to play at Royal Lytham & St. Annes. He then bogeyed each of his final four holes to lose, by one, to Ernie Els. (Getty)

On home soil, the U.S. was up 10-4 midway through Saturday’s afternoon session, and 10-6 entering singles. They won only 3 1/2 of the 12 points Sunday to lose the cup. (Getty)