The chain of negligence caused the American golfer to lose more than 1 million USD

The event took place on Stadium par72 of TPC Sawgrass golf complex in Florida as usual since 1982. With a bonus fund of 25 million USD for the last round, the original reward structure was for the championship of 4.5 million USD, In the top 5 finalists certainly receive more than a million USD. If you are in the second half of the top 10, you will get at least $600,000.

At the beginning of the finish line, Montgomery narrowly won the cup when he scored -7 and the top of the table was at -14. But on the 14th hole, the opportunity to receive millions of dollars opened up for him thanks to birdie to go up to -10. On the 15th hole, despite scoring a bogey, Montgomery still had that possibility.

However, on the 16th par5 hole, he missed again. This hole must be played through the lake and then need to avoid the water trap along the right, from the second half of the fairway to the end of the green. Montgomery from the second shot was on the same side of the trap. The ball was dry but it took him a total of seven shots to get the job done. This double bogey put him down to -7.

Going to the par3 17th hole with one of the hardest oasis greens in the world, Montgomery scored a quadruple bogey with seven shots, including two penalty strokes for two shots into the pool - the set and the chip.

The penultimate collapse "drowned" him to -3.

This is also the final point when the 28-year-old American golfer kept par on the 18th hole. About an hour later, The Players 2023 finished with the cup and $4.5 million in the hands of his 26-year-old compatriot Scottie Scheffler when he also scored par. hole 18 from a six-meter putt to set a -17 win.

Summarizing the prize, Montgomery only got $ 75,000 for the T44 position. Considering his personal scoreboard, he would have finished T3 (-10) if he kept the par streak from hole 15 to 18. When he finished T3, Viktor Hovland and Tom Hoge received $ 1.475 million. Hideki Matsuyama received $ 1,025 million when he finished 5th with a score of -9. Next to Matsuyama are seven hands on T6 (-8), all with $736,607. Just below T6 is T13 (-7) with a bonus of $447,916.

28-year-old Montgomery has been playing professional golf since 2017, currently on the PGA Tour rookie with positive results. Before The Players last, he went through 13 tournaments with four times in the top 10 and was only eliminated twice.