Paul Goydos hits his tee shot on Sunday on the 12 gap at Warwick Hills.
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Lanny Wadkins? He was surprised.
“I haven’t seen anything like that,” the longtime pro-turned-analyst mentioned on Golf Channel. “… I’m sorry to see that happen to him. Golf is mean. It can be cruel at times. It happens to a lot of good players.”
John Cook? He was surprised.
“I don’t believe what I’ve just heard and seen,” one other longtime pro-turned-analyst mentioned on Golf Channel. “It’s crazy.”
And the person within the second? Maybe the easiest way to place it’s he was not a lot surprised, as he was beautiful. Read on. Paul Goydos doesn’t disappoint.
To start right here, on the PGA Tour Champions circuit this weekend, they performed the Ally Challenge at Warwick Hills. After the 52nd of 54 holes, Goydos was main by a shot. After one stroke on the 53rd gap, the 155-yard, par-3 seventeenth, he was 35 toes away. After two strokes, he was 3 toes away.
Goydos missed his third stroke to the suitable. It went 3 toes previous. That one would maintain him tied for the lead. “Oh, my goodness,” Wadkins mentioned on the Golf Channel broadcast. “What was that?” Goydos finally positioned his ball mark down. He realigned his ball. He stepped again for a learn. He got here again to the ball.
Goydos missed to the left. It went 4 toes previous. That one would maintain him one shot again with one gap to play. “Groans and gasps from the gallery here,” announcer John Swantek mentioned on the Golf Channel broadcast. “Just a man alone on an island right now.” After this putt, Goydos stepped again and regarded. He finally positioned his ball mark down. He realigned his ball. He stepped again for a learn. He got here again to the ball.
Goydos missed to the suitable. It completed hole-high and inches away. That one would put two again. “That’s hard to watch,” Swantek mentioned on the Golf Channel broadcast.
Goydos tapped in from there.
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Five putts.
Four from a yard away.
He had been up one. Now he was down two.
Goydos grabbed his ball from the cup. He regarded away. He took a number of steps again, crossed his arms over his chest and regarded on the gap. As he began to stroll off the inexperienced, he shrugged his arms. He twirled his putter in his fingers earlier than giving it to his caddie. His caddie patted him on the again.
On the 54th gap, the 435-yard, par-4 18th, Goydos parred, and he was achieved. Vijay Singh received.
“It’s going to hurt,” Wadkins mentioned on the printed. “This will harm quite a bit for Paul. It will harm tonight particularly. I imply, it was his match. He makes that little 2-footer at 17, pars 18, and he wins. I’m shocked. Paul’s an skilled participant, true veteran, stylish man, and I really feel for him. It’s powerful. But, you realize, it’s golf. Happens to all of us in some unspecified time in the future in time.
“Just got to get up tomorrow and try and do it again”
Along these traces, Goydos didn’t disappoint, although Wadkins was off by a half-day.
After five-putting, and four-putting from a yard out, and shedding his 52-hole lead, did he signal autographs?
Goydos did. This is good.
Tweeted a fan on Sunday: “You stayed and signed every autograph for the fans even after that happened…respect To you!”
Tweeted Goydos: “I’m not great at signing autographs but I try.”
Did he tweet out a track? Or a meme?
Goydos did each. This is good. First, the song. It was Harvey Danger’s Flagpole Sitta. There’s a line in there that goes: “I’m not sick, but I’m not well. And I’m so hot, ’cause I’m in hell.” You get the purpose. The meme was of Jason Alexander’s character, George Costanza, from the sitcom Seinfeld, the place he shouted, “Serenity now.” You get the purpose.
Did he supply fast perspective? And joke about himself? All in a single tweet.
That, too. This is good.
Tweeted a fan on Sunday: “Was Watching it. That’s Unbelievable. Feel bad for @PaulGoydosPGA Get Em Next time. Golf is hard”
Tweeted Goydos: “Don’t really feel dangerous. It’s a sport.
“Good news though, Ping said they will pay me to stop using their putters.”
