On his second outing at the Major, having made his debut last year, the young American came away with four double bogeys and a triple to compound his misery.
He officially carded a 90, which remarkably is still not the worst round in Masters history. That honour belongs to Charles Kunkle, who posted 95 in 1956. He ended the day with double bogey, bogey and then a final double bogey on the 18th to finish 18 over.
The United States amateur champion is the first player aged under 50 to shoot 90 or worse at the Masters since 1956.
Dunlap, a two-time PGA Tour winner, remarkably didn’t have a three-putt, averaged 1.83 putts per hole and shot 90 in Georgia.
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The disappointment might not compare to how Dunlap felt just over a year ago, having won The American Express which came with a £1.1million prize.
However, as an amateur player studying finance in the United States, he was ineligible to cash that cheque and walked away without a penny.
“It stings a little bit,” Dunlap told CNN a year later, having been invited to play on a sponsors exemption. But ultimately, I got what I wanted in the end: a trophy.”
