Thomas Detry served as an unfortunate reminder that pros are human after all when he suffered a nightmare six-putt during the second round of the Cognizant Classic.
The Belgian has enjoyed a solid start to his PGA Tour year, recording a top-20 finish at the Farmers Insurance Open followed by an impressive T4 at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.
Six putts on the sixth hole: After lagging his first putt to 6 feet, Thomas Detry took five more swipes. pic.twitter.com/WDcsIdcJy3March 1, 2024
"Is this a concentration issue? A four-over-par-late-on-a-Friday issue?" a stunned Steve Sands said on the broadcast.
“That’s not concentration,” putting expert and TV analyst Brad Faxon replied. “That’s a get-me-out-of-here.”
Detry's woes on the green unsurprisingly set records tumbling. Per Justin Ray, the six-putt was the most putts by any player on a single hole since this tournament moved to PGA National.
It also marked the most by any player on a single hole on Tour since Danny Lee 6-putted the 18th in round 3 of the 2020 U.S. Open. The World No. 70 also ended the round with -4.692 strokes gained on the green, the worst of any player for Friday's action.
Thomas Detry had a 6-putt on the 6th hole today at PGA National.It's the most putts by any player on a single hole since this tournament moved to PGA National and the most by any player on a single hole on Tour since Danny Lee 6-putted the 18th in round 3 of the 2020 U.S. Open.March 1, 2024
Following his quadruple bogey, Detry went on to bogey his next two holes, before a double bogey on 14 and a closing bogey on 18 saw him card a nine-over-par round of 80 to sit bottom of the leaderboard.
At the other end of the leaderboard, returning Bud Cauley sets the pace after a fine six-under-par round. The American sits on -11, with Austin Eckroat and Garrick Higo one back on -10. Kevin Yu and Victor Perez round out the top five at -9.
