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Danny Lee’s US Open collapse happened so quickly and unexpectedly that there was confusion over how many putts the Kiwi golfer had made.
It didn’t really matter, as Lee immediately withdrew from the tournament, citing a wrist injury, though his pride probably hurt more than anything after scoring a 78 on the brutal field of Winged Foot on Sunday (NZT).
Video posted Monday (NZT) confirmed that Lee made six putts on the final hole in his third round and the analysis has not been kind to the 30-year-old after he broke his putter in his bag while coming off the green.
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New Zealand golfer Danny Lee is calculating the cost of his six putts on the 18th green at the US Open.
Writing in Golf.com, Dylan Dethier revealed that his sources confirmed that there was some confusion immediately after the number of putts Lee had thrown.
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Between Lee, his caddy, his fellow players, and the walking scorer, no one was completely sure how many putts he had thrown. It is unclear if they were able to quickly access the images, or if there was any disagreement as to the final count, but now we can see that they ended up with the correct number: six putts for a score of 9, “he said. Golf.com the report said.
After missing his opening shot from four feet, Lee also missed from five feet, seven inches, then 5’10 “, 6’11” and 3’9 “, before finally making out, ironically, his longest attempt: from 7 ‘7 “.
Dethier felt Lee was “broken” during his attempts to make the putt, given the speed at which he was attempting his shots on the green.
“From my perspective, everything changed in the middle of the third putt. That was the breaking point. After Lee’s second putt went through the hole at an easy tap range, he just … hit it. I think part of the reason this video is so relatable is because all golfers are familiar with that shorting sensation, it just doesn’t usually happen on the 18th hole at a Winged Foot US Open … maybe Lee had already had enough. “
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Danny Lee from New Zealand was contesting his third US Open.
Lee was already having a difficult day on the green and his frustration boiled over. He finished with 39 putts in a round that he would like to forget, but will be remembered for a while.
Another American golf website compared putting blast to ping pong.
“After missing his par putt and then his bogey putt, he seems to lunge in a frustrated manner on the third putt, which couldn’t have been longer than two feet, and then basically ping pong his way up and down the hole. until eventually enters the sixth attempt of a fivefold ghost “, Nationalclubgolfer.com wrote.
Lee will be paid $ 37,000 for a final position.
Had he made the first putt for par 18, he would have started the final day tied for 34th, which pays $ 100,000.
