Tied for the lead within the last spherical of the Rocket Mortgage Basic, Akshay Bhatia pulled his tee shot on the par-4 thirteenth useless proper, right into a tree.
His ball dropped into the tough, 97 yards from the place he initially struck it.
This drive from Akshay Bhatia solely went 97 yards.
His first missed fairway of the day was an enormous miss, however he bounced again to avoid wasting par and stays tied for the lead 👏 pic.twitter.com/J7imP2RbPJ
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) June 30, 2024
The left-hander performed his second shot 267 yards up the green, leaving him 44 yards to the flag. From there, he received up and down for par to stay a co-leader.
Bhatia, a two-time winner on Tour, was nonetheless tied on the high coming into the par-4 18th. He hit the inexperienced in two and had 32 toes for the win. Bhatia, nonetheless, left that effort 4 toes quick after which missed the par save that will have compelled a playoff with Cam Davis.
It was the 22-year-old’s first three-putt and his first miss inside 6 toes all week. The ultimate-round, even-par 72 left him in a four-way tie for second.
“It sucks, no different technique to put it. I imply, simply sucks,” Bhatia mentioned.
“I made an excellent par on 13, hit that tree off the tee and managed to make par. That was an enormous momentum factor for me. Hit a whole lot of good pictures down the stretch, so yeah, I imply, I understand how to shut a golf match, I’ve finished it earlier than, simply right this moment wasn’t my day.”
