J.T. Poston posts a 12 on a single hole at Travelers Championship in stunning meltdown

Golf humbles many, including those who are the champion successful the world.

Just inquire J.T. Poston astatine the Travelers Championship connected Sunday.

What started retired arsenic a accidental to enactment a debased people connected the paper astatine the 13th spread aft getting greenside successful 2 shots, Poston, the satellite No. 32 successful the Official World Golf Ranking, posted a 12 successful an implicit meltdown that derailed his full day.

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J.T. Poston plays a changeable from the archetypal tee during the archetypal circular of the Travelers Championship astatine TPC River Highlands successful Cromwell, Conn., connected June 25, 2026. (Jordan Bank/Getty Images)

While Poston whitethorn not person been successful contention, helium wasn’t picturing himself astatine the bottommost of the leaderboard by the extremity of the tournament, but the 12 was the main crushed down finishing 6-over and 1-over connected the tourney for 69th spot retired of the remaining 72 that made the cut.

So, what precisely happened to Poston?

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Well, the 13th spread began with a cleanable tee changeable that recovered the mediate of the fairway. Then, his 2nd changeable recovered a greenside bunker, but professionals sometimes don’t caput uncovering those bunkers due to the fact that of however large their abbreviated crippled is. A bully bunker changeable and Poston has a accidental astatine birdie connected the par-5.

But things went awry from there, arsenic the bunker changeable came retired rather short, leaving him with a chipping situation. Again, professionals recognize that’s not the extremity of the world, with a accidental astatine par aft a coagulated chip.

The nightmare was conscionable opening for Poston, though, arsenic his 4th changeable went wide crossed the greenish and ended up successful the h2o connected the different side.

From there, Poston had to driblet not once, but 3 abstracted times due to the fact that helium couldn’t get his shot backmost connected the green. On his 10th stroke, helium yet got the shot into a putting position.

J.T. Poston stands connected the archetypal tee container during the 2nd circular of the Travelers Championship astatine TPC River Highlands successful Cromwell, Conn., connected June 26, 2026. (Ben Jared/PGA Tour)

Poston inactive had to support going, putting his 11th changeable and missing it earlier a tap-in 12 and ending the meltdown successful beforehand of the fans.

Poston spoke astir the aggregate driblet balls adjacent the h2o that continued to rotation backmost into the drink.

"It’s not truly rough, wherever you tin benignant of blast it out," Poston said, per Golfweek. "It’s into the grain, but it looks similar you tin get capable play shot connected it, which is wherefore I kept trying to deed a bully chip."

Poston was asked if helium adjacent thought astir putting it retired of the greenside unsmooth with his chips intelligibly not moving out.

"I consciousness similar it’s conscionable going to hop and that takes each the velocity retired of it," helium responded. "And you’ve got this large mendacious beforehand you got to get it over. So my interest with trying to putt it was it would not person capable velocity to truly get there."

J.T. Poston plays a tee changeable connected the archetypal spread during the 2nd circular of the Travelers Championship astatine TPC River Highlands successful Cromwell, Conn., connected June 26, 2026. (Ben Jared/PGA Tour)

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Poston didn’t bounce backmost connected the 14th spread either, arsenic helium posted a treble bogey connected the par-4 to enactment himself down adjacent more. In the end, Poston posted a 76 connected the time to decorativeness disconnected his tournament.

Meanwhile, the Travelers Championship volition travel down to a playoff that indispensable beryllium played connected Monday aft Viktor Hovland and Scottie Scheffler recovered themselves deadlocked astatine 21-under aft the second sank a putt to unit it. Hovland's putt to triumph it each conscionable missed and Scheffler took vantage of the unfastened opportunity.

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