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Pressure. Even the very best players in the world feel it from time to time.

Case in point: Marina Alex.

The 29-year-old American is making her Solheim Cup debut this week and, with the match delicately poised on Saturday afternoon, she suffered the ultimate ignominy on women’s golf’s biggest stage.

A stone cold shank.

• “Stop sending me hate messages” – Kang

• Captains frustrated with Solheim pace of play

• “Brutal” – Players & fans hit out at Solheim speed

Playing alongside Lexi Thompson in their Saturday afternoon fourballs match with Jodi Ewart Shadoff and Caroline Masson, Alex was lining up her third shot to the par-4 fifth from just short of the green when this happened…

"That was a cold out shank"

Things not quite going to plan there for Marina Alex!

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— Sky Sports Golf (@SkySportsGolf) September 14, 2019

Hey, we’ve all done it… right?