CROMWELL, Conn. — J.T. Poston was 3 under heading to the 13th tee on Sunday at the 2026 Travelers Championship and then hit a great drive down the middle of the fairway.
That was the last good thing to happen to the winner of the 2026 Memorial Tournament on the lone par 5 on the back nine at TPC River Highlands. To follow along with this septuple bogey disaster, break your abacus.
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From 229 yards out from the hole, Poston’s second shot went into a greenside bunker right of the putting surface. his third shot failed to reach the green and left him 59 feet from the hole. From there, his fourth shot went into the pond on the opposite side of the green, necessitating a penalty drop.
Poston’s sixth shot from the greenside rough went back into the water, necessitating a second penalty drop. hitting 8, his ball went into the water again, forcing him to drop for a third time.
Poston’s 10th shot, from rough, went 13 feet past the hole. He missed that putt for 11 and then tapped-in the 8-inch putt that remained for 12, a septuple bogey.
J.T. Poston required three penalty drops next to the 13th green on Sunday and made 12 on the par 5 Sunday at the Travelers Championship.
As if that wasn’t humbling enough, after Poston made that 12 on the par 5 13th hole, his tee shot on the driveable par-4 15th hole found the water on the left. He made double-bogey six on that hole, and within the span of an hour, his score at the Travelers Championship went from 8 under to 1 over, leaving him in 69th place in the 72-man field.
David Dusek is a senior writer at Golfweek covering equipment.
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