It doesn’t get much worse than this.
With a few holes to go on Friday’s second round of the Masters, it appeared Cameron Young was on the cusp of making the cut and playing the weekend at Augusta National.
At 2-over with three holes to go, all the 27-year-old American had to do was shoot even-par to land the projected cut of 2-over.
But that’s when disaster struck.
On the par-three 16th, Young squared up for a 12-foot par putt in an attempt to keep his score at 2-over.
The ball rolled past the hole, leaving Young with a more-than-doable tap-in putt.
Not so much, apparently.
Young’s ball circled the cup but didn’t fall in, leaving him yet another tap-in.
He quickly lined up and hit the putt again — this time was even more off.
Now three tries in, Young took a deep breath before hitting his next putt, this one about three feet long.
Young finally got it into the hole, but his chances to play the weekend were long gone.
At the tee at 17, Young sat at 5-over – essentially taking him out of the tournament.
Understandably peeved, Young bogeyed the next two holes, finishing the tournament at 7-over, tying him for 68th in the 95-man field.
Through round one, Young appeared to be off to a solid start, putting up three birdies and three bogeys to finish even par.
Young had been excellent in Augusta in each of the past two years, finishing in the top 10 in both tournaments.
There isn’t much recovery to do from a four-putt, though.
