Jason Dufner’s Missed Putt On 18 Cost Him $300,000

Jason Dufner wasn’t going to win THE PLAYERS but he had a great opportunity to make some big coin by finishing solo 2nd or even a T-2. Like $726,000.

That is until this happened on the 18th. Golf.com’s Josh Berhow provides the sad face moment.

Dufner was tied for second on the 72nd hole, and although he likely wasn’t going to catch Webb Simpson, a solo second at the Players was still worth $1.188 million.

Dufner missed his 17-footer for birdie. Fair enough. Those are no gimmes. But he then stood over a five-footer for several extra seconds before yipping it and missing left. Even the broadcast team noticed his uncertainty over the putt.

@JasonDufner with a little yippidy do da on 18….oh if he could putt he would be dangerous. pic.twitter.com/VICrtiPGu1

— Steve Scott (@sscottpga) May 13, 2018

Dufner cleaned up his bogey, tossed his ball into the water and walked off the green for a four-under 68. His T5 finish was worth $418,000, but sinking that five-footer for par would have netted $308,000 more — $726,000 was the payout for a four-way tie for second. Making his initial birdie putt would have been worth the solo-second prize money of $1.188 million.

The thing is one would never know how Duf did by just the expressionless expression on his mug. The ultimate poker face.