Just like Goosen’s, Stricker’s putt broke toward the front of the green and he had to tap in to join the three-man playoff. It would’ve been a four-way competition had Waldorf not three-putted for his first bogey of the week on 18.

“Misread it a little bit,” Stricker said of his fateful putt on 18. “I didn’t think it was going to break as much as it did and it just snapped off at the end. I thought I hit a pretty good putt.

“I couldn’t ask for a better situation. I hit a great shot in there and had nothing to lose at that point. It’s mine to win. You want to capitalize on those.

“When you have that opportunity in your hands to end it, you want to. That’s what you work all day for, all tournament for, just to put yourself in that position to see if you can do it and I wasn’t able to do it.”

A short time later Stricker would miss again on a par putt from about 10 feet on the other side to knock him out of the playoff.

If Stricker was disappointed at those two misses, Kelly was shocked.

“He’s the best putter I’ve ever known, best putter I’ve ever seen,” Kelly said.