It was moving day Saturday at Augusta National, but Patrick Reed didn't budge.
The Masters defending champion, who started the day at 1-under par, carded a third-round 74 to put his repeat hopes in peril.
“Absolute struggle,” Reed said. “Struggled all day.”
Reed struck the ball well, hitting 13 of 14 fairways — his most of the week. The issue, however, came on the putting surface. The Augusta State product needed 33 putts, three-putting three times.
Following Friday’s round, Reed remained hopeful about a weekend charge. That didn’t happen, as his putter abandoned him with second-nine bogeys on Nos. 10, 11, 16 and 18.
Barring a historical Sunday performance, Reed’s bid to become the first back-to-back champion since Tiger Woods (2001 and 2002) ended Saturday.
Hole By Hole Scores - Patrick Reed
Round3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | OUT | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Tot |
Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
Rnd | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 39 | 74 |
Tot | -1 | -1 | -2 | -2 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -2 | -2 | -2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 |
Round2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | OUT | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Tot |
Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
Rnd | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 70 |
Tot | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 |
Round1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | OUT | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Tot |
Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
Rnd | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 38 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 73 |
Tot | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 |