After shooting consecutive rounds in the 60s to enter the weekend, Paul Casey spun his wheels with poorer putting to set him back in his pursuit of contention.
Casey shot 2-over-par 74 in the third round Saturday and is 5-under in a tie for 10th at the Masters Tournament.
Casey had 34 putts, nine more than Thursday, and three-putted his first green of the week as he had three bogeys and one birdie. He played par-5s even and bogeyed two of the last three holes.
“I just struggled with holing out today, plain and simple,” Casey said. “That’s been great the first couple days. I eventually threw in a three-putt this week. It took me until 16 to do it.”
Casey’s lone birdie came on No. 3 when he hit his approach to two feet. He gave the shot back on No. 7 by hitting in the front greenside bunker and missing a four-foot par putt.
He missed a three-foot birdie putt on No. 15 before three-putting the 16th. Casey finished with a bogey on the 18th after missing a five-foot par putt.
“I didn’t capitalize when I had opportunities, and I made a couple errors probably when I didn’t need to,” Casey said. “It’s a fine line. It is what it is.”
Hole By Hole Scores | |||||||||||||||||||||
Round 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 74 |
Tot | -7 | -7 | -8 | -8 | -8 | -8 | -7 | -7 | -7 | -7 | -7 | -7 | -7 | -7 | -7 | -7 | -6 | -6 | -5 | -5 | -5 |
Round 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 68 |
Tot | -4 | -4 | -4 | -4 | -4 | -5 | -5 | -5 | -5 | -5 | -5 | -5 | -6 | -6 | -6 | -7 | -7 | -7 | -7 | -7 | -7 |
Round 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 69 |
Tot | 0 | -1 | -2 | -2 | -2 | -2 | -2 | -2 | -3 | -3 | -3 | -3 | -3 | -4 | -4 | -4 | -4 | -4 | -3 | -3 | -3 |
Masters Record
Year | Place | Score | Round | Money | |||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
2012 | 65 | +7 | 76 | 75 | $ 10,000 | ||
2011 | 38 | +1 | 70 | 72 | 76 | 71 | $ 36,800 |
2010 | 80 | +9 | 75 | 78 | $ 10,000 | ||
2009 | 20 | -2 | 72 | 72 | 73 | 69 | $ 71,400 |
2008 | 11 | E | 71 | 69 | 69 | 79 | $ 172,500 |
2007 | 10 | +7 | 79 | 68 | 77 | 71 | $ 181,250 |
2005 | 84 | +13 | 79 | 78 | $ 5,000 | ||
2004 | 6 | -2 | 75 | 69 | 68 | 74 | $ 189,893 |