{"id":391171,"date":"2024-05-06T01:39:15","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T01:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=391171"},"modified":"2024-05-06T05:04:40","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T05:04:40","slug":"it-sucks-golfer-distraught-after-2-5m-meltdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=391171","title":{"rendered":"'It sucks': Golfer distraught after $2.5m meltdown"},"content":{"rendered":"

American golfer<\/a> Ben Kohles was left distraught after one horror moment\ufeff cost him the $2.5 million winner's cheque and a maiden PGA Tour<\/a> victory.<\/p>\n

Kohles was leading the Byron Nelson at TPC Craig Ranch when he inexplicably needed two chips from the rough to get his ball onto the green for his final hole of the tournament.<\/p>\n

His disastrous first chip – which failed to reach the green and trickled back towards him – saw him bogey the hole.<\/p>\n

READ MORE:<\/strong> 'Get my lawyer onto it': Gould challenging $20k fine<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

READ MORE:<\/strong> Piastri crashes off podium amid F1 Miami boilover<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

READ MORE:<\/strong> 'Doesn't exist anymore': Icon confused by AFL change<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Taylor Pendrith, who had been trailing by a shot, birdied the same hole to overtake Kohles on the leaderboard and win in stunning fashion.<\/p>\n

\ufeffPendrith pocketed the $2.5m winner's prize while Kohles had to settle for about $1.5m for his second placing.<\/p>\n

Kohles overtook Pendrith with birdies on 16 and 17 for a one-shot lead, then bogeyed the 18th after hitting his second shot into greenside rough. Already in shock following two chips from the rough \u2014 the second with his feet in a bunker \u2014 Kohles missed a six-foot putt that would have forced a playoff.<\/p>\n

\"Ben<\/p>\n

\u201cWasn\u2019t really trying to pay attention to what they were doing, although it really mattered, obviously,\u201d Pendrith said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel for Ben. He played really, really good today, especially down the stretch. I\u2019ve been on the other side of it a couple times, and it sucks.<\/p>\n

"But it\u2019s golf. It\u2019s a hard game.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pendrith shot 4-under 67 for a 23-under 261 total at the TPC Craig Ranch. The 32-year-old won in his 74th career PGA Tour start.<\/p>\n

Playing just north of his birthplace of Dallas, Kohles shot 66 to finish a stroke back. The 34-year-old who plays out of North Carolina is winless in 68 starts.<\/p>\n

\u201cHonestly, hadn\u2019t seen any rough like that all week,\u201d said Kohles, who moved to North Carolina when he was 10.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust needed a little bit more oomph on it.<\/p>\n

"Did so many good things this week, and I\u2019m just going to keep reminding myself of that and try to get myself back in this position.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pendrith, the third-round leader, and Kohles were separated by just one shot or tied most of the day.<\/p>\n

After Kohles made a 20-footer to take the lead on 17, Pendrith's par putt rolled all the way around the cup and went in.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt just curled in, that putt on the last second there, which was unreal just to give me a chance,\u201d said Pendrith, who set it up with a chip from an awkward stance with his heels hanging over the lip of a bunker, after saving par with another testy putt at the par-4 16th.<\/p>\n

The victory qualified Pendrith for the PGA Championship in two weeks and next year's Masters. He's also in the next three $30 million signature events, starting next week with the Wells Fargo championship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

American golfer Ben Kohles was left distraught after one horror moment\ufeff cost him the $2.5 million winner's cheque and a maiden PGA Tour victory. Kohles […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":391173,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391171"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=391171"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":391174,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391171\/revisions\/391174"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/391173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=391171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=391171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=391171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}