Ewen Ferguson on Sunday on the tenth inexperienced at Le Golf National.
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Ewen Ferguson, dealing with a 50-footer on Sunday on the first inexperienced at Le Golf National, understood the circumstances. He had described them a day earlier.
There can be “a different kind of pressure,” he mentioned. Ferguson would begin the ultimate spherical on the DP World Tour’s Cazoo Open de France tied for the lead. The 27-year-old from Scotland can be in search of his third DP World Tour victory.
And then there was Le Golf National.
“I think you could easily rack up quite a big number, with not that bad a golf shot,” Ferguson mentioned. “You typically want to simply accept that 30 ft is a birdie likelihood out right here, it’s a tough course.
“Like on 15 and 1, where you’re trying to make a longer putt. We did a pretty good job of that today and hopefully do the same thing tomorrow.”
And then got here that 1st.
Off the tee, he discovered the tough. From the tough, he discovered the inexperienced. There, Ferguson did discover a longer putt; he was 50 ft out. He putted.
His ball missed to the left. It didn’t cease.
“Steady,” the announcer on the printed mentioned.
“Steady,” he repeated.
It wasn’t.
It dropped into the water left of the inexperienced. Ferguson had done the unthinkable on his day’s first putt.
“You know, this is how easy it is to putt it into the water,” the announcer mentioned on the printed. “I can’t believe what I’ve seen.”
“That is unbelievable,” one other announcer mentioned.
Ferguson grimaced. It was painful. He took a penalty stroke and dropped. He two-putted and completed with a double-bogey six. But there was extra. On the following gap, the 163-yard, par-3 2nd, he hit his tee shot into the water. He double-bogeyed once more. And his probabilities to win have been dealt a blow.
He had racked up large numbers.
