Adam Scott

On 17, from the middle of the fairway, Scott flew the green and landed in some thick rough at the back of the green. He could only pitch out to 20 feet away and missed the resulting putt to record his third bogey and drop into a tie for the lead with Els. At the final hole, Scott found a bunker off the tee and his ball ended up tight underneath the lip. He was only able to pitch out sideways to leave a lengthy third to the green. He played a brilliant iron shot right down the pin to leave himself with an eight foot par to take the championship to a playoff. He started the putt left and it held its line to miss on the outside edge of the hole and result in a fourth consecutive bogey to finish the round. Scott shot a final round of 75 to finish at six under, one stroke behind the champion Ernie Els.

The collapse down the home stretch was compared to many other famous golfing collapses down the years including fellow countryman Greg Norman at the 1996 Masters. After the round Scott said that his finish was down to finding some bad positions on the course, rather than nerves. He also said "I'm very disappointed but I played so beautifully for most of the week I really shouldn't let this bring me down. I know I've let a really great chance slip through my fingers today, but somehow I'll look back and take the positives from it." Read Less