JT Poston posts a 12 on a single hole at Travelers Championship in stunning meltdown

Golf humbles many, including those who are nan champion successful nan world.

Just inquire J.T. Poston astatine nan Travelers Championship connected Sunday.

What started retired arsenic a chance to put a debased people connected nan paper astatine nan 13th spread aft getting greenside successful 2 shots, Poston, nan world No. 32 successful nan Official World Golf Ranking, posted a 12 successful an absolute meltdown that derailed his full day.

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J.T. Poston plays a changeable from nan first tee during nan first information of nan Travelers Championship astatine TPC River Highlands successful Cromwell, Conn., connected June 25, 2026. (Jordan Bank/Getty Images)

While Poston whitethorn not person been successful contention, he wasn’t picturing himself astatine nan bottommost of nan leaderboard by nan extremity of nan tournament, but nan 12 was nan main logic down finishing 6-over and 1-over connected nan tourney for 69th spot retired of nan remaining 72 that made nan cut.

So, what precisely happened to Poston?

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Well, nan 13th spread began pinch a cleanable tee changeable that recovered nan mediate of nan fairway. Then, his 2nd changeable recovered a greenside bunker, but professionals sometimes don’t mind uncovering those bunkers because of really awesome their short crippled is. A bully bunker changeable and Poston has a chance astatine birdie connected nan par-5.

But things went awry from there, arsenic nan bunker changeable came retired rather short, leaving him pinch a chipping situation. Again, professionals understand that’s not nan extremity of nan world, pinch a chance astatine par aft a coagulated chip.

The nightmare was conscionable opening for Poston, though, arsenic his 4th changeable went clear crossed nan greenish and ended up successful nan h2o connected nan different side.

From there, Poston had to driblet not once, but 3 abstracted times because he couldn’t get his shot backmost connected nan green. On his 10th stroke, he yet sewage nan shot into a putting position.

J.T. Poston stands connected nan first tee container during nan 2nd information of nan Travelers Championship astatine TPC River Highlands successful Cromwell, Conn., connected June 26, 2026. (Ben Jared/PGA Tour)

Poston still had to support going, putting his 11th changeable and missing it earlier a tap-in 12 and ending nan meltdown successful beforehand of nan fans.

Poston said astir nan aggregate driblet balls adjacent nan h2o that continued to rotation backmost into nan drink.

"It’s not really rough, wherever you tin benignant of blast it out," Poston said, per Golfweek. "It’s into nan grain, but it looks for illustration you tin get capable play shot connected it, which is why I kept trying to deed a bully chip."

Poston was asked if he moreover thought astir putting it retired of nan greenside unsmooth pinch his chips intelligibly not moving out.

"I consciousness for illustration it’s conscionable going to hop and that takes each nan velocity retired of it," he responded. "And you’ve sewage this large mendacious beforehand you sewage to get it over. So my interest pinch trying to putt it was it would not person capable velocity to really get there."

J.T. Poston plays a tee changeable connected nan first spread during nan 2nd information of nan Travelers Championship astatine TPC River Highlands successful Cromwell, Conn., connected June 26, 2026. (Ben Jared/PGA Tour)

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Poston didn’t bounce backmost connected nan 14th spread either, arsenic he posted a double bogey connected nan par-4 to put himself down moreover more. In nan end, Poston posted a 76 connected nan time to decorativeness disconnected his tournament.

Meanwhile, nan Travelers Championship will travel down to a playoff that must beryllium played connected Monday aft Viktor Hovland and Scottie Scheffler recovered themselves deadlocked astatine 21-under aft nan second sank a putt to unit it. Hovland's putt to triumph it each conscionable missed and Scheffler took advantage of nan unfastened opportunity.

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