Justin Rose launches club after huge error at Open de France
Justin Rose was left red-faced when he launched his club into the air while attempting a simple chip onto the green at the Open de France. The 44-year-old was four shots adrift of leader Adam Svensson when he lost all composure in a rare moment to forget.
On the par-three eighth hole, Rose fired his tee shot down the fairway but failed to get himself in position to putt for a birdie. His ball came to a stop at the base of a small hump between the right edge of the green and the start of the rough.
It left Rose unable to play a bump-and-run to get onto the green, meaning he was forced to pitch it high. It was a simple shot but he somehow ended up even further away from the hole after failing to make a clean connection.
The one-time US Open champion immediately knew he had made a mistake on his backswing and reacted by throwing his club into the air on the follow-through. He ended up settling for a bogey, finding the green with his next shot before holing out with his first putt.
Later in the round, Rose came within inches of a brilliant eagle on the par-four 12th hole. His ball landed within a few centimetres of the pin and he was awarded a gimme, allowing him to join the lead 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 reduce his overall score to eight-under-par. It saw Rose slip to five shots adrift of Svensson, who currently holds the outright lead on 13-under-par.
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Sam Bairstow and Thorbjorn Olsen will go into the final round just behind Svensson on 12-under-par, with Dan Bradbury and Joe Dean still having an outside chance of victory 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 fairway with a brilliant tee shot and only had a wedge into the green from around 130 yards. Unfortunately for him, he shanked his approach shot into the trees but managed to limit the damage to just a bogey.
Justin Rose launches club after huge error at Open de France
Justin Rose launches club after huge error at Open de France
Justin Rose launches club after huge error at Open de France
Justin Rose launches club after huge error at Open de France
Justin Rose launches club after huge error at Open de France
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