Golf fans stunned by PGA Tour player’s actions at Wyndham Championship
Patrick Rodgers made one of the most unusual decisions of the PGA Tour season during the third round of the Wyndham Championship, leaving many in shock and disbelief. As the camera focused on Rodgers standing on the 6th green, preparing for a 35-foot birdie attempt, viewers were surprised to see him holding a wedge instead…
Patrick Rodgers made one of the most unusual decisions of the PGA Tour season during the third round of the Wyndham Championship, leaving many in shock and disbelief.
As the camera focused on Rodgers standing on the 6th green, preparing for a 35-foot birdie attempt, viewers were surprised to see him holding a wedge instead of a putter. The commentators on PGA Tour LIVE were just as puzzled, with one exclaiming, “What’s he doing?!”
Contrary to initial fears, Rodgers hadn’t damaged his putter. Instead, he had simply decided to take a different approach, opting to use his wedge to minimize the break on his right-to-left putt. It was a bold move, but one that quickly proved to be costly.
Instead of playing it safe and putting the ball towards the right side of the green, where it could naturally roll toward the cup, Rodgers chose to chip. He aimed for a bit of spin to control the ball, but it didn’t come as expected. Instead, the ball sailed past the hole and off the front of the green.
What followed was even more disastrous. Rodgers flubbed his fourth shot, leaving the ball barely ahead of him on the green’s edge. His fifth shot, a putt, went past the hole, leaving him with a three-foot attempt for double-bogey, which he thankfully made.
The unfortunate double-bogey came at a crucial moment for Rodgers, who was in contention for his first PGA Tour title. The error dropped him from three to five shots behind the leaders. Things worsened on the next hole, a par-3, where he bogeyed, slipping further down the leaderboard.
Despite the setback, Rodgers remains safely within the top 70 players advancing to next week’s FedEx St. Jude Championship, the beginning of the FedEx Cup Playoffs. Though Rodgers has yet to claim a PGA Tour victory, he has shown promise this season with four top-10 finishes, including one at the Barracuda Championship, held during The 152nd Open.