If you three-putt to lose a tournament, it sticks with you. If you hit it in water to lose a tournament, it's no big deal. You can always say it was a bad shot or a bad (course) design or whatever. If you three-putt, you feel like a total jackass, because nobody should three-putt. Then it's just kind of nerves taking over.

Joe Ogilvie

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