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Stewart Cink: Retief Goosen
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While all three collapsed on the final hole, Stewart Cink’s demise will probably be remembered for all time since it cost him a chance to qualify for a Monday 18-hole playoff. Thinking that Retief Goosen would surely 1- or 2-putt from a short distance, Cink, having missed his lead-tying putt, casually putted his 2-footer without much attention to what he was doing. Figuring it didn’t matter whether he made or missed the putt, he just slapped the ball towards the hole. Knowing what happened after he missed the putt will probably make him think twice about being so casual and assuming an outcome before it happens.
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Cink was tied for the lead with Retief Goosen when he overshot the green, chipped to 15 feet and missed the par putt. Goosen had two putts from 12 feet for the victory, so Cink went to finish and clear the way for the winner to celebrate. He couldn't have known that Goosen would three-putt for bogey, missing a 2-footer of his own.
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One of the things Cink will have to face this season is a return to the scene of his most infamous golf moment. The PGA Championship will be played at Southern Hills in Tulsa, Okla., the site of the 2001 U.S. Open where Cink missed a short putt on the 72nd hole he believed was meaningless but, as it turned out, would have put him into a playoff with Retief Goosen and Mark Brooks.
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"Nothing was riding on it except embarrassment and I missed it and it embarrassed me," Cink said. "Then Retief goes ahead and three-putts and it put me in a whole new situation of embarrassment or shame."
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