WATCH: Patrick Reed's 72nd Hole Shocker

We know how you feel Patrick

WATCH: Patrick Reed's 72nd Hole Shocker

The American had a putt up the hill to win the Valspar Championship and it rolled back to his feet

WATCH: Patrick Reed's 72nd Hole Shocker

Golf is hard. We know that.

And Patrick Reed was reminded just how difficult the game is when he had a putt to win the Valspar Championship on the 72nd green.

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He needed a birdie to win the tournament and was eyeing up his wedge mid-flight but it came up short and rolled back down the slope.

His ball was up against the fringe and he was faced with a long putt up the hill for a birdie to get to -11 with Paul Casey in the clubhouse at -10.

Should he have chipped it? (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)

And what followed was shocking.

Two putts would have been good enough for a playoff but Reed's first putt stopped around 12 feet short of the hole and it rolled all the way back to his feet.

Watch his putt here:

Should Reed have chipped it? He chipped the next one stone dead and tapped in for bogey.

He was probably thinking to himself, "Why didn't I do that the first time?"

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We know how you feel Patrick.

He ended up in a tie for 2nd place alongside Tiger Woods at -9.

The American's last win came at The Barclays in 2016. He's won five PGA Tour titles in total.

Paul Casey eventually won the Valspar Championship for his first PGA Tour win since the 2009 Shell Houston Open, which was his first victory Stateside.

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Elliott Heath
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Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news team as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. His first Open was in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, when he walked inside the ropes with Jordan Spieth during the Texan's memorable Claret Jug triumph. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays off of a six handicap. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!

Elliott is currently playing:

Driver: Titleist TSR4

3 wood: Titleist TSi2

Hybrids: Titleist 816 H1

Irons: Mizuno MP5 5-PW

Wedges: Cleveland RTX ZipCore 50, 54, 58

Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG #5

Ball: Srixon Z Star XV