Luke List Putts With Wedge In Match Against Justin Thomas
The big-hitting american bent his putter on the 6th hole but still took Justin Thomas to the 18th hole
The big-hitting american bent his putter on the 6th hole but still took Justin Thomas to the 18th
Luke List Putts With Wedge In Match Against Justin Thomas
Luke List had to putt with his wedge for most of the round on day one of the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play.
He was playing against world number two Justin Thomas in a rematch of their recent Honda Classic playoff.
List was two down after six holes and smashed his putter against a wall which bent it - meaning he had to putt with a wedge for the next 12 holes.
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He went 3 down after seven but clawed it back to 1 down with one to play - and actually holed some nice putts with his wedge.
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He made 1 birdie in the first six holes with his putter and three birdies in the next 12 with his wedge.
"I was walking off the 6th tee, and I was a little unhappy about the way I was feeling, a little under the weather," said List.
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"And I thought it was like a brush area and I just kind of swiped my putter, and it turned out to be a wall. It bent like a fraction of an inch. So unfortunately I couldn't use it the rest of the way. Stupid on my part.
"I'll get the club fixed and it'll be ready to go tomorrow."
He holed this beauty from off the green on 15:
And then this clutch birdie putt/chip to win the 16th:
However, JT won the match 2up with this superb bunker shot on the final hole:
"He hit some great putts and he made some good ones when he needed to," said Justin Thomas.
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"I told Jimmy we just need to hit a lot of greens and make him have to make putts with that wedge."
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Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news team as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. His first Open was in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, when he walked inside the ropes with Jordan Spieth during the Texan's memorable Claret Jug triumph. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays off of a six handicap. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!
Elliott is currently playing:
Driver: Titleist TSR4
3 wood: Titleist TSi2
Hybrids: Titleist 816 H1
Irons: Mizuno MP5 5-PW
Wedges: Cleveland RTX ZipCore 50, 54, 58
Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG #5
Ball: Srixon Z Star XV
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