It’s the stuff {golfing} nightmares are product of.
On the ultimate gap of the Gamers Championship – golf’s unofficial ‘fifth main’ – Wyndham Clark had a 17-foot birdie putt to tie the lead and ship it to a playoff.
Clark had birdied the final two holes and was set for one of many greatest moments of his profession.
He hit it nearly completely. Because it hit the cup, he cocked his arm backwards, able to unleash an enormous fist pump. Then the ball lipped proper again at him – a brutal in-and-out that left him in disbelief.
It meant world primary Scottie Scheffler (on -20) defended his Gamers title by one shot forward of a tie between 30-year-old Clark, Xander Schauffele and Brian Harman.
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Scheffler pocketed $4.5 million USD, whereas the three runners-up every earn $1.89m. It means the missed putt value Clark $2.61m USD ($4m AUD) – had he gone on to win the playoff – or round $830k USD had he gone on to complete solo second within the playoff.
He mentioned: “I don’t understand how that putt doesn’t go in.
“It was sort of proper centre with like a foot to go, and I knew it was going to maintain breaking, nevertheless it had velocity and I assumed it was going to go inside left, and even when it sort of lipped, I assumed it might lip in. I’m fairly gutted it didn’t go in.”
He added: “You realize, clearly there’s positives in it. You end second, you get a bunch of factors and cash and all that stuff, nevertheless it simply sucks.
“I’ve all the time needed and dreamt about making a putt that actually mattered to both drive a playoff or win a match, and I’ve but to do it in my skilled profession, so I used to be fairly bummed that I didn’t have a kind of actually superior moments.
“However yeah, I don’t know, I’m nonetheless somewhat beside myself. I’m nonetheless shocked that putt didn’t go in.”