Tour pro delivers five-word riposte after snowman costs him small fortune

PGA Tour pro J.T. Poston has revealed he has absolutely no regrets after a disastrous finish at the 3M Open cost him a small fortune.

Ben Smith

31 Jul 2023

Tour pro delivers five-word riposte after snowman costs him small fortune

PGA Tour pro J.T Poston provided plenty of excitement at the conclusion of the 3M Open due to a dilemma.

The dilemma? Well, he was three shots behind leader Lee Hodges playing the 72nd hole and had just carved his final tee shot at the par-5 18th at TPC Twin Cities way right towards the water hazard.

Remarkably his golf ball stayed dry and, after seeing Hodges nudge his second down the fairway with a pitching wedge, he had had two options.

Go for it and hope Hodges made a mistake to force a playoff.

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Or just play for second place and secure a nice pay day. At the time, he was three shots clear of third place.

Poston's golf ball was below his feet and he needed to produce a miracle shot if he was going to get close enough to have an eagle putt.

He opted to go for it. But from there it was an absolute disaster and he posted a triple bogey.

His score saw him fall back to a tie for second, costing him a small fortune. How much? Just $260,000.

Watch the shot here:

J.T. Poston needed eagle on the 72nd hole for a chance to win.
His aggressive approach hit a rock and found the water.
A triple bogey cost him $260,000.
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) July 31, 2023

Hodges, of course, went on to win and even produced dropped mic moment with his approach to seal the deal before embracing his wife Savannah Hodges.

Watch that here:

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As for Poston, he had absolutely no regrets.

He told a pool of reporters:

"I mean, at the end of the day it's not the way I wanted to end, but I had to try and give it a shot and see if there was some way I could make three there at the end and put some pressure on Lee.

"It was a shot that was going to be hard to pull off, but we weren't playing for second place. I had to give it a shot. Unfortunately, made [I made an] eight there at the last, but overall it was a good week."

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Not out here to finish 2nd. Trying to win. Would make that decision 10 times out of 10 under circumstances https://t.co/GHsIErHCil
— J.T. Poston (@JT_ThePostman) July 30, 2023

Asked to describe the shot, he said:

"We had 220 to the pin and 215 to cover. It was -- I wasn't worried as much about the club not covering, it was just getting up in the air, that was the hard part out of the rough. It wasn't going to be spinning.

"The lie, it was sitting pretty good, which is why we gave it a shot. Just a matter of how high I could get it to carry. It came out great. It had plenty of distance, it just came out low and didn't cover."

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