Before the French Open started on Thursday, if you had asked any player in the field if they would take four pars for the week on Le Golf National's 18th hole, 99.9-percent of them would have said yes. Justin Thomas, who did make par all four rounds at the 18th, may have fallen in that 0.01-percent, because he really would have liked this birdie to drop at the 72nd hole on Sunday.
Somehow, the reigning PGA champion's approach shot came to rest on a bridge behind the 18th green, a spot it'd be impossible to stop your ball if you were actually trying. Thomas took advantage of the good break by clipping a perfect chip that was tracking the entire way to the hole. Check it out:
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Had it dropped, it would have made Thomas one of just five players in the field to birdie the hole in the final round. It also would have moved him into the top 5 in his French Open debut, but he wound up with a final-round 71, good enough fo..

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) The play of the day came from a kid who slid into the rough to grab an errant tee shot.

The comeback of the day came from the man who led by three, watched it all slip away, then steeled himself in time to climb back to the top.

Just another crazy afternoon at the hard-to-read Broadmoor, where Jerry Kelly shot 1-over 71 on Saturday to finish the third round of the U.S. Senior Open in the same spot he started – atop the leaderboard with a one-shot advantage.

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”Did it unnerve me a little bit?” Kelly said about watching his lead disappear. ”Yeah, absolutely.”

But he made a 6-foot slider to save par on No. 18, finish at 4-under 206 and preserve a one-shot lead over David Toms, who stayed far from the madness and shot a 66 to climb from a tie for 10th to second.

Behind Toms – nothing but chaos.

It began when Kelly took three putts to get down from inside of two feet on No. 12 – his first putt going airborne above the roughed-up ..

David Toms talks with Holly Sonders after his strong 3rd round at the US Senior Open.

David Toms shoots 4-under par in round three Saturday at the U.S. Senior Open with precise chips and a few close putts to reach a total of 3-under, right behind Jerry Kelly. Toms sits in second place after scoring 66 for the day, 71 on Friday and 70 on Thursday.

Miguel Angel Jimenez holes out from the deep grass to card a birdie on the 15th hole.

KILDEER, Ill. (AP) So Yeon Ryu sees another major championship in reach and a spot in history in sight. She knows what she has to do, and she took a big step Saturday.