Tony Finau got into trouble at the 15th Green at Memorial Park, resulting in 4 strokes.
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Tony Finau is fighting for a feud at the Texas Children’s Houston Open on Saturday. But then the disaster struck his late and devastating 4 putt, which was just 3 inches of error.
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The incident occurred at Memorial Park on the 3rd Round 15th hole. At that time, Finna traded two birdies for two bogeys to keep the five shots in the tournament.
A string of birdies is about to end his round, which will put him in for his first victory of the season. Although he did get a string of red numbers, he crashed with a 15 putter crash.
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The tee shot by Finau on the 122 yard hole ended up on the back of the green, just 41 feet from the cup. Although birdies seem unlikely, a routine two-card hand will keep his hopes alive in the last three holes.
The first putter for the six-time PGA Tour champion wasn’t ideal, but it was only 3 feet and 8 inches left to secure his par. However, as the ESPN+ crew pointed out, this is not the case.
“Turn it apart in major, it breaks to the left…”
Finau’s push rod bites the left side of the hole and rotates 3 inches. But it got worse from there. While the announcer was still talking, Finna walked up to his ball and tried to hit it from the other side of the cup. But he started to play and his ball stopped 1 inch.
“Oh! He missed it!” ESPN+ continued to be shocked.
Finau then successfully scored his fourth putt, earning a painful 5.
Although he managed to get both shots by getting the Birds over the next two holes (16 and 17), Finau ended on even par for the day, trailing leader Min Woo Lee and looking to earn his seventh PGA Tour victory on Sunday.
How long does it take for PGA Tour Pros to miss short putters
Finau’s 4-Putt seems worse when we look at the way PGA Tour professionals usually perform on short putts.
The tour average of 3-foot putters so far this season is 99.54%. Incredibly, there are 70 players facing each of the 3 feet in 2025. But that’s 100% before Saturday.
From 5 feet, the Tour average dropped to 81.2%, although at this point this season, four players reached 100% of the percentage at 5 feet. However, Finau is below average from that distance, with 73.33% putting time in 5 feet, which is the T146 Tour.
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