LIVE: Brutal shot dashes Aussie’s Masters hopes
Disaster, heartbreak. That’s the last thing he needed after pulling that stroke back – he finds the water to the right of the pin on the par three 12th, and while Scheffler has missed the green massively as well, he at least found dry land.
That’s taken the wind out of Smith’s sails a bit. He’s going to struggle not to give that stroke back immediately.
“So often – it killed Spieth back in 2016, has it done the same to Smith?” Was a reference on commentary to Jordan Speith finding the water twice that year, which killed his charge to the title.
Ten minutes ago Smith was looking at an unlikely charge to the green jacket. It’s a triple bogey and a six-shot deficit now.
“For the man who tries to keep his swing so smooth, there was an extra hitch, wasn’t there?” Nick Faldo said of the tee shot.