Both putts seemed like mere formalities.
Xander Schauffele was tied for the lead and facing a 3-footer on Colonial’s par-4 17th hole. Collin Morikawa had played his way into a playoff with Daniel Berger and had a 3-footer of his own for par to force a second extra hole.
Both missed – and brutally.
Schauffele had it rolling on the greens, having sunk a clutch 30-footer for bogey on the par-4 15th (after hitting his approach in the water) and draining a 25-footer for birdie on the par-3 16th to tie the lead with two holes left. But his short par save at the penultimate hole caught every inch of the lip, horseshoe-ing out. A closing par left Schauffele a shot out of the playoff.
Unbelievable.
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) June 14, 2020
Co-leader Xander Schauffele's ball lips out on the 17th hole.
He makes bogey to fall 1 back with 1 to play.
Golf is heartbreaking. pic.twitter.com/1X90JNiQpk
“Felt like that summed up my week,” Schauffele said.
Morikawa’s lip-out didn’t travel the whole way around the hole, but it severely rimmed out to hand the win to Berger and deny Morikawa his second career Tour victory.
What a way for the tournament to end.
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) June 14, 2020
Collin Morikawa's putt lips out to give @DanielBerger59 the victory.
Golf is hard. 💔 pic.twitter.com/FjWnTgopW8
“What happened on the playoff hole was just not a good putt,” Morikawa said. “It was firm right and everything that couldn’t have happened.”