Pro had a chance to win — and four-putted. But you should read his response.

The putt to get into the playoff, a 6-foot, nervy, right-to-lefter, stayed on the high side and missed. “Oh noooo,” someone cried. 

The putt to finish tied for second, from about 2 feet away, lipped out. The gallery, again, moaned, “Ohhhh.” The fourth putt on 18, to finish tied for sixth, found the cup. And the gallery clapped. 

And that was that. Or it could have been. The Korn Ferry Tour shared coverage of the 18th hole on its Twitter feed, so the 7,000 or so who have watched it as of Monday afternoon, along those around the 18th green, know what happened. And now you also do. But know this, too. It will be your most important takeaway.  

Gellerman grabbed his iPhone on Monday morning and thumbed in five sentences. 

“It was a tough sleep last night,” he wrote. “That one hurt to let slip away. I was simply not good enough. I appreciate all the kind texts/messages and all the support. I’ll be back! @TurtlesonTour @SrixonGolf”

Michael Gellerman did not have to say a word to describe to you how Sunday went. The couple hundred stationed around the 18th green at Lakewood National, after all, had already done that for him. Gellerman spoke anyway.

That should tell you the type of player he is. 

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Nick Piastowski

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Nick Piastowski is a Senior Editor at Golf.com and Golf Magazine. In his role, he is responsible for editing, writing and developing stories across the golf space. And when he’s not writing about ways to hit the golf ball farther and straighter, the Milwaukee native is probably playing the game, hitting the ball left, right and short, and drinking a cold beer to wash away his score. You can reach out to him about any of these topics — his stories, his game or his beers — at nick.piastowski@golf.com.