Professional golfers rarely require 4 putts on any green. If they usually do it’s extremely rare and comes at a difficult course like at a major and usually has the first putt being some sort of bomb lag at least 50+ feet away. Not today for Charl Schwartzel as he pulled of something I didn’t think was even possible. After hitting a nice approach into the 18th hole to 4 feet for a birdie opportunity he walked away with a double bogey as each putt taken caused him to keep getting further away from the hole on his misses. Check out what happened:
It’s quite obvious he was extremely frustrated on both the birdie and par putt which resulted in him taking the bogey putt with the putter the wrong way and bashing it without taking the time to line it up properly. I doubt this would have happened if he straight up missed the putt on a straight up misread. Truth be told they were correct he just bashed the putts so hard they lipped out which caused the ball to go further back then where he started from. Also, his round was going awful heading into the 18th; after putting himself into contention on Saturday he was +5 on the round pretty much taking him out of the tournament so he didn’t care quite as much.
What shocked me most about all this is the fact that he lost his composure that easily. It’s something you rarely see on the course as these players are so regimented in their approach to the game that they cannot allow themselves to break down mentally like this. Usually this type of episode would be reserved for a John Daly meltdown. Not a major champion and top 20 ranked player in the world like Schwartzel. Furthermore, I have never once got the impression that he would act this way. He also appears to be calm relaxed and in control of his emotions. Can’t really hold it against him, the guy has high expectations and obviously took light of the situation with a bit of sarcasm not giving a **** about the bogey putt after the first two lipped out.
That has to be considered one the most bizarre putting performances in recent memory.
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September 02, 2012
