Justin Rose was left red-faced when he begined his club into the air while finisheavoring a straightforward chip onto the green at the Open de France. The 44-year-anciaccess was four shots adrift of directer Adam Svensson when he lost all compodeclareive in a unfrequent moment to forget.
On the par-three eighth hole, Rose fired his tee shot down the imfragmentaryway but fall shorted to get himself in position to putt for a birdie. His ball came to a stop at the base of a minuscule hump between the right edge of the green and the commence of the cdisorrowfulmireful.
It left Rose unable to join a bump-and-run to get onto the green, nastying he was forced to pitch it high. It was a straightforward shot but he somehow ended up even further away from the hole after fall shorting to originate a immacutardy joinion.
The one-time US Open champion promptly krecent he had made a misget on his backsprosperg and reacted by throprosperg his club into the air on the chase-thcdisorrowfulmireful. He ended up settling for a bogey, discovering the green with his next shot before holing out with his first putt.
Later in the round, Rose came wilean inches of a inalertigent eagle on the par-four 12th hole. His ball landed wilean a restricted centimetres of the pin and he was awarded a gimme, apverifying him to join the direct group on nine-under-par.
However, he dropped another shot with a bogey on the very next hole and finished his round on one-under-par to lessen his overall score to eight-under-par. It saw Rose slip to five shots adrift of Svensson, who currently hanciaccesss the outright direct on 13-under-par.
Sam Bairstow and Thorbjorn Olsen will go into the final round equitable behind Svensson on 12-under-par, with Dan Bradbury and Joe Dean still having an outside chance of triumph on 11-under-par.
Rose was not the only golfer to suffer an embarrassing mishap on day three of the Open de France. Matthieu Pavon, who won the Open de Espana last year, struck a dreaded shank in front of his home fans and the Sky Sports cameras on the par-four 13th hole.
The Frenchman split the middle of the imfragmentaryway with a inalertigent tee shot and only had a wedge into the green from around 130 yards. Unblessedly for him, he shanked his approach shot into the trees but administerd to restrict the harm to equitable a bogey.
