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Through 13 holes of the opening round of the Waste Management Phoenix Open, Chesson Hadley was going great guns.

At five-under-par, the American was comfortably inside the top ten and, despite bogeys on the 14th and 15th holes, he was well placed inside the top 30.

That’s when disaster struck.

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Hadley looked set to make up one of those dropped shots on the 349-yard par-4 17th at TPC Scottsdale after driving it 315 yards onto the front edge of the green.

But his lengthy eagle putt, from 34 yards, caught a ridge on the putting surface and fell off the green and into the nearby water.

After being assessed with a one-stroke penalty, Hadley then three-putted, turning a likely birdie into a double-bogey.

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To make matters worse, he then made bogey on the final hole to close out a level par 71, dropping him outside the cut line.

Not a great final five holes for the 31-year-old to say the least, but it’s something golfers across the world will certainly relate to.

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