Scottie Scheffler likely ended his chance at winning the 2024 British Open on the ninth hole during Sunday’s final round.
Sitting at 4-under and two shots back of the lead at the time in a tie for fifth, the two-time Masters champion had a par putt from about 6 ½ feet from the cup, but he three-putted for a double bogey to fall back to 2-under.
The 28-year-old missed the first putt to the left, and he then lipped out on a putt from less than three feet away.
The NBC broadcast showed Scheffler disgusted with himself after the hole, holding his eyes closed.
He quickly found himself five shots back of the lead after Thriston Lawrence pulled ahead of the pack at 7-under midway through the final round.
Justin Rose and Xander Schauffele, the reigning PGA Championship winner, were tied at 6-under through 11 holes.
Scheffler began the day at 2-under before birdieing the par-4 third and bogeying the par-5 sixth.
He then recorded back-to-back birdies on hole Nos. 7 and 8 before the brutal three-putt.
Scheffler’s previous British Open finishes were tied for eighth in 2021, tied for 21st in 2022 and tied for 23rd last year.
After winning his second green jacket in April, he finished tied for 8th in this year’s PGA Championship, during which he was infamously arrested in a traffic incident with charges later getting dropped.
Scheffler finished tied for 41st at last month’s U.S. Open.