Golfer PGA Tour missed the Cup because the ball hit the flagpole

Shenk entered the fourth round in the lead at -8 and started the last game from hole 1. Two holes ahead of him, Taylor Moore went to -10 thanks to birdie on hole 16 and then kept par for the remaining two holes. Moore then went to the training ground to maintain the feeling, ready to hit the extra hole.

Because at hole 12, Schenk also scored -10, from a putt 21.6 meters from the goal.

After that, Schenk held par for the next five holes. At the par4 18 hole, Schenk needed a birdie to claim his first title on the PGA Tour. However, he missed on the shot, sending the ball close to the tree to the left of the fairway. That position couldn't swing the forehand, so Schenk flipped the wedge upside down to hit the counter.

The second shot dragged the ball 85 yards but into the rough on the right side of the fairway.

Schenk hit the green on the third shot, but the ball hadn't gone over the slope, so it rolled close to the edge of the green, about 14 meters from the target. If he keeps par, he maintains a score of -10 and will compete for the Cup duel with Moore.

But the attempt to finish failed, when the ball rolled to the hole, hit the flagpole and then flew out, nearly 1.5 meters away.

Closing the 18th hole with a second stroke, Schenk finished second at -9, winning $882,900 while Moore claimed the championship $1,458 million. "It's so sad with the result. I hit the last hole badly but then got my chance on the second and was unlucky on the third. The first put I still had hope, but I didn't expect to hit the flagpole. ", said Schenk.

This last hole stumbling keeps Schenk still unable to win the Cup on the PGA Tour through 165 events, even though 10 of them finished in the top 10.

Schenk entered the Valspar Championship at 143rd in the world and has won 10 consecutive tournaments on the PGA Tour to help his wife Kourtney take care of their first child.

After her husband took the lead in the third round, Kourtney, eight months pregnant, caught a flight from Indiana at 2 a.m. to make it to Cooperhead par71 in Florida to cheer her husband on the final round.

Before entering the battle, Schenk still had enough time to prepare breakfast for his wife in the hotel.